(1):
(n.) The lobe of the ear. See Burr, n., 5.
(2):
(n.) The sweetbread.
(3):
(n.) A ring of iron on a lance or spear. See Burr, n., 4.
(4):
(n.) A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down.
(5):
(n.) A clinker; a partially vitrified brick.
(6):
(n.) A small circular saw.
(7):
(n.) The round knob of an antler next to a deer's head.
(8):
(n.) Any rough or prickly envelope of the seeds of plants, whether a pericarp, a persistent calyx, or an involucre, as of the chestnut and burdock. Also, any weed which bears burs.
(9):
(n.) The lobe or lap of the ear.
(10):
(n.) A triangular chisel.
(11):
(n.) A drill with a serrated head larger than the shank; - used by dentists.
(12):
(n.) A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1.
(13):
(n.) The thin edge or ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal, as in turning, engraving, pressing, etc.; also, the rough neck left on a bullet in casting.
(14):
(n.) A guttural pronounciation of the letter r, produced by trilling the extremity of the soft palate against the back part of the tongue; rotacism; - often called the Newcastle, Northumberland, or Tweedside, burr.
(15):
(n.) A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the gripe, to prevent the hand from slipping.
(16):
(v. i.) To speak with burr; to make a hoarse or guttural murmur.
(17):
(n.) The thin ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal. See Burr, n., 2.
(18):
(n.) The knot at the bottom of an antler. See Bur, n., 8.