burl

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  1. noun A knot, lump, or slub in yarn or cloth.
  2. noun A large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree.
  3. noun The wood cut from such an outgrowth, often used decoratively as a veneer.
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  • He stretched out his long legs and propped his feet on the burl-wood coffee table, about the only piece of furniture in the room that had any pretension to style. —  A Fine and Bitter Snow
  • UUCP Path: liuida! enea! mcvax! seismo! harvard! talcott! panda! genrad! decvax! bellcore! petrus! sabre! zeta! epsilon! gamma! ulysses! burl! clyde! watmath! water! watdaisy! gjerawlins From: gjerawlins@watdaisy. —  The Book Of THoTH, Popular Articles from The Archive Category - UFO Section 3
  • They'll feature scores of different designs fashioned from redwood burl, walnut and others, all available ... —  Cool Hunting
  • Jimmy Rollins led off the game with a home run, Pat Burrell (burl) connected twice and Jayson Werth added a solo shot to lead the Phillies to a 6-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.
  • They'll feature scores of different designs fashioned from redwood burl, walnut and others, all available for purchase. via MoCo Loco —  Cool Hunting
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  1. Middle English burle, from Old French bourle, tuft of wool, diminutive of bourre, coarse wool, from Late Latin burra, shaggy garment.

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  1. from Middle English burle, apparently from Old French dial. bouril, bourril, flocks or ends of thread which disfigure cloth (Wedgwood), from bourre, from Middle Latin burra, a flock of wool, coarse hair, etc.: see bur. Cf. burlet.
  2. Early modern English burle; from burl, n.
  3. Middle English burlen, contr. of burblen, bubble, welter: see burble. Cf. Dutch borrelen, bubble, guzzle (borrel, a bubble, a dram), = Low German burreln, bubble, gush.
  4. A contr. of burble, n., 2, in same sense.
 

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