= For the mechanical removing of burs a machine called the bur picker is employed. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
Aug. 5 Edward Meddlicott, s.bur. of Samuel and Ann. From Wordnik.com. [The Register of Ratlinghope] Reference
Mar. 31 Mary, d. of William bur. and Mary Rogers. From Wordnik.com. [The Register of Ratlinghope] Reference
Nov. 30 Thomas, s. of Charles bur. and Mary Bufton. From Wordnik.com. [The Register of Ratlinghope] Reference
Aug. 22 Thomas, s. of Samuel bur. and Ann Pinches. From Wordnik.com. [The Register of Ratlinghope] Reference
Nov. -- Richard, s. of John bur. and Mary Munslow. From Wordnik.com. [The Register of Ratlinghope] Reference
And she stuck to the heralds like a bur to a sheep. From Wordnik.com. [Roumanian Fairy Tales] Reference
Nov. 25 Samuel, s. of Samuel bur. and Rebecca Wilkes. From Wordnik.com. [The Register of Ratlinghope] Reference
May 21 James, s. of William bur. and Mary Medlicott. From Wordnik.com. [The Register of Ratlinghope] Reference
It is better to file the bur down, at least part way. From Wordnik.com. [How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity] Reference
I would prefer a chestnut that sticks tight to the bur. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948] Reference
The graft now in its third year is bearing one big bur. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the eighth annual meeting Stamford, Connecticut, September 5 and 6, 1917] Reference
The bur is very thick and fleshy, with close-set spines. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946] Reference
We take nuts right from the bur and put them in the soil. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947] Reference
A screw-eye and bur are used to hold C to the upright, U. From Wordnik.com. [How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity] Reference
Now, Rosalie's cousin Hetty was as plain as a chestnut-bur. From Wordnik.com. [Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends] Reference
The ground was covered with nuts, but only an occasional bur. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952] Reference
It was the 'banker man' sticking like a bur in the hobo's talk. From Wordnik.com. [The Sleuth of St. James's Square] Reference
Paragon Branch with one very J.S. Parish, large bur Eastham, Va. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the sixth annual meeting Rochester, New York, September 1 and 2, 1915] Reference
The cashier was not hurt bur several shelves were caught on fire. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 11, 2010] Reference
Curtail a bur, and leave to plague; curtail again, and leave plants. From Wordnik.com. [St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878] Reference
The wires should be pinched between the nut and the copper bur shown. From Wordnik.com. [How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity] Reference
Never was fish hook more cleverly made than this hook of the bur seed. From Wordnik.com. [The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.] Reference
It was heavier than she expected, bur she lifted it and heard Manuv sing. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
All the nuts are medium sweet to sweet and all of them fall free of the bur. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947] Reference
If this bur be hammered to flatten it, the hole is distorted and made smaller. From Wordnik.com. [How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity] Reference
MEMBER: The chinkapins will often sprout even before they come out of the bur. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951] Reference
A copper bur is put under the head of S to aid in keeping A from rocking sidewise. From Wordnik.com. [How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity] Reference
Yeah, you ` re delivering a part of the album a modern hip-hop album, bur you are. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 12, 2005] Reference
But it has been a wild year, so I'm not going to make any bur -- any cement predictions. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 10, 2008] Reference
We fall asleep to the accompaniment of the tiny piping of the little people in bur garden. From Wordnik.com. [The House in Good Taste] Reference
Bears a good-size, attractive nut, which falls free from the bur, ripening in early October. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947] Reference
The alarm went off with a furious bur-r-r that brought him on his feet through sheer astonishment. From Wordnik.com. [The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives] Reference
There are two or three nuts to the bur, while the chinquapin has normally, but one nut to the bur. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916.] Reference
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