WORD: Burl
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hazelnut_cafeBurl: –noun
1. a small knot or lump in wool, thread, or cloth.
2. a dome-shaped growth on the trunk of a tree; a wartlike structure sometimes 2 ft. (0.6 m) across and 1 ft. (0.3 m) or more in height, sliced to make veneer.
–verb (used with object)
3. to remove burls from (cloth) in finishing.
[Origin: 1400–50; late ME burle ≪ OF; akin to ML burla bunch, sheaf, LL burra wool, fluff]
1. a small knot or lump in wool, thread, or cloth.
2. a dome-shaped growth on the trunk of a tree; a wartlike structure sometimes 2 ft. (0.6 m) across and 1 ft. (0.3 m) or more in height, sliced to make veneer.
–verb (used with object)
3. to remove burls from (cloth) in finishing.
[Origin: 1400–50; late ME burle ≪ OF; akin to ML burla bunch, sheaf, LL burra wool, fluff]
