They find that the burr is a little basket filled with seeds. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
Other kinds of grinders are known as burr grinders, use-grinding wheels. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
There were two roses of similar quality, one that detestable mockery known as the burr-rose. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Jane of Kentucky] Reference
Southern California has a troublesome burr, which is not found north of Sacramento, except on the lower lands. From Wordnik.com. [Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands] Reference
A decided throaty "burr" should always be avoided. From Wordnik.com. [Public Speaking] Reference
England has a wonderful variety of accents, - as we do, and I love that Geordie 'burr'. From Wordnik.com. [Tamil pulp] Reference
Looks like you've become a 'burr' in somes saddles!. From Wordnik.com. [msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines] Reference
It was the same droning "burr" they had heard on the night following their discovery of the flaming mountain. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic] Reference
189, 190: "Nay, friar, I am a kind of burr; I shall stick.". From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
Titus: what kind of burr? the cocklebur is extremely toxic. From Wordnik.com. [Vlog?] Reference
'burr' which I will not attempt to render, having never lived in the. From Wordnik.com. [Aylwin] Reference
"burr" inside her sinus for nearly a year, the St. Petersburg Times is reporting. From Wordnik.com. [SplicedFeed] Reference
"burr" of its wings, and watch it sail off to some distant point of the desert plain. From Wordnik.com. [The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire] Reference
The reproach stuck like a burr to Jamie's conscience. From Wordnik.com. [Select Temperance Tracts] Reference
September ties up each chestnut burr in a cloth sack. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943] Reference
Abruptly the lights went out; the burr of the alarms was silenced. From Wordnik.com. [The Defiant Agents] Reference
He answered concisely and shortly with no touch of the local burr. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker] Reference
It need hardly be said that that speech clung to its victim like a burr. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
A Scottish burr thick enough to saw boards came out of the communicator. From Wordnik.com. [Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet] Reference
He heard a confused shouting and the burr of what might be an alarm system. From Wordnik.com. [The Defiant Agents] Reference
Now cut two strips of the material to go around below the burr of the antlers. From Wordnik.com. [Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration] Reference
After purchasing the coffee, grind it yourself, preferably with a burr grinder. From Wordnik.com. [Amber DeGrace: 11 Roasters and the Art of the Bean] Reference
"Sounds like your grandpappy had a burr under his tail an 'bucked it out on you.". From Wordnik.com. [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference
An aspirator locks onto cheek meat as tooth enamel softly smokes beneath the burr. From Wordnik.com. [Amalgam] Reference
Unfortunately, they ragged Bonino about his hair, which at the time was a burr cut. From Wordnik.com. [Scalper Schmalper] Reference
The tree is about fifteen feet tall and produces a small burr containing only one nut. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 13th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. September, 7, 8 and 9, 1922] Reference
Nan and Papa Sherwood laughed at her when she assumed the Scotch burr of her forebears. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
"She makes me think of a chestnut burr," said Kittie resorting to figurative comparisons. From Wordnik.com. [Six Girls A Home Story] Reference
The cutting power of scrapers depends upon the delicate burr or feather along their edges. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
At that moment a shower of chestnuts fell and a prickly burr landed on the back of one of the team. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies The Missing Pearl Necklace] Reference
Coming slowly between the trees was something which resembled a huge burr covered with brown leaves. From Wordnik.com. [Followers of the Trail] Reference
With an old knife you can spread this over the bone and round it up nearly to the burr of the antlers. From Wordnik.com. [Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration] Reference
Slit in each side to the antler and cut a hole large enough to be a snug fit for the antler below the burr. From Wordnik.com. [Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration] Reference
Something of the burr clung to his tongue, and he was given to the occasional use of a Scotch word or phrase. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Patrol] Reference
"I've just been down to call on Miss Barnett," said Bea, stooping to pick some imaginary burr from her dress. From Wordnik.com. [Six Girls A Home Story] Reference
As an illustration, ask the pupils to find the seeds of the burdock and to describe what the burr is really like. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
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