Found 1 items, similar to Northumberland burr.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Northumberland burr Burr \Burr\ (b[^u]r), n. [See Bur.] (Bot.) 1. A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1. [1913 Webster] 2. The thin edge or ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal, as in turning, engraving, pressing, etc.; also, the rough neck left on a bullet in casting. [1913 Webster] The graver, in plowing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs. --Tomlinson. [1913 Webster] 3. A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down. [1913 Webster] 4. A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the gripe, to prevent the hand from slipping. [1913 Webster] 5. The lobe or lap of the ear. [1913 Webster] 6. [Probably of imitative origin.] A guttural pronounciation of the letter r, produced by trilling the extremity of the soft palate against the back part of the tongue; rotacism; -- often called the Newcastle burr, Northumberland burr , or Tweedside burr. [1913 Webster] 7. The knot at the bottom of an antler. See Bur, n., 8. [1913 Webster]