'Burl' definitions:
Definition of 'burl'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Burl'
From: GCIDE
- Burl \Burl\ (b[^u]rl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burled (b[^u]rld); p. pr. & vb. n. Burling.] [OE. burle stuffing, or a knot in cloth; cf. F. bourlet, bourrelet, OF. bourel, a wreath or a roll of cloth, linen, or leather, stuffed with flocks, etc., dim. of bourre. [root]92. See Bur.] To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth. [1913 Webster]
- Burling iron, a peculiar kind of nippers or tweezers used in burling woolen cloth. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Burl'
From: GCIDE
- Burl \Burl\, n.
- 1. A knot or lump in thread or cloth. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An overgrown knot, or an excrescence, on a tree; also, veneer made from such excrescences. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'burl'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bilge,
- blain,
- bleb,
- blister,
- blob,
- boss,
- bow,
- bubble,
- bulb,
- bulge,
- bulla,
- bump,
- bunch,
- button,
- cahot,
- chine,
- clump,
- condyle,
- convex,
- dowel,
- ear,
- flange,
- flap,
- gall,
- gnarl,
- handle,
- hill,
- hump,
- hunch,
- jog,
- joggle,
- knob,
- knot,
- knur,
- knurl,
- lip,
- loop,
- lump,
- mole,
- mountain,
- nevus,
- nub,
- nubbin,
- nubble,
- papilloma,
- peg,
- rib,
- ridge,
- ring,
- shoulder,
- spine,
- stud,
- style,
- tab,
- tubercle,
- tubercule,
- verruca,
- vesicle,
- wale,
- wart,
- welt