burr : Idioms & Phrases

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aaron burr

  • noun United States politician who served as vice president under Jefferson; he mortally wounded his political rival Alexander Hamilton in a duel and fled south (1756-1836)
    Burr.
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burr drill

  • noun a high speed drill that dentists use to cut into teeth
    dentist's drill.
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burr marigold

  • noun any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing
    bur marigold; beggar's-ticks; sticktight; beggar-ticks.
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burr millstone

Burr" mill"stone`
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  1. See Buhrstone.
Webster 1913

burr oak

  • noun medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close-grained wood
    Quercus macrocarpa; mossycup oak; bur oak; mossy-cup oak.
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burr-headed

  • adjective satellite having a head of straight hair cut very short (hence bristly)
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cockle-burr

  • noun any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs
    cockleburr; cocklebur; cockle-bur.
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