burl – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
burl
v.
remove knots or defects from fabric
n.
small knot
Burl
A
burl (American English) or
bur or
burr (used in all non-US English speaking countries) is a tree growth in which the
grain has grown in a
deformed manner. It is commonly found in the form of a rounded outgrowth on a
tree trunk or
branch that is filled with small
knots from dormant buds.
Gertrude Simmons Burlingham
Gertrude Simmons Burlingham (April 21, 1872 – January 11, 1952) was an early 20th-century
mycologist best known for her work on American
Russula and
Lactarius and pioneering the use of microscopic
spore features and
iodine staining for species identification. Her life outside scientific research has been little documented with the exception of the most basic biographical information.
burl
Noun
1. the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer
(hypernym) wood
2. a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree
(hypernym) plant process, enation
(part-holonym) tree
3. soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
(synonym) slub, knot
(hypernym) roughness
Verb
1. remove the burls from cloth
(hypernym) remove, take, take away, withdraw
(derivation) slub, knot
burlen
v.
troat
Burl
(v. t.)
To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.
(n.)
An overgrown knot, or an excrescence, on a tree; also, veneer made from such excrescences.
(n.)
A knot or lump in thread or cloth.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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