burrs

Noun

burr (plural burrs)

1. A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.
2. A small piece of material left on an edge after a cutting operation.
   • You left a bunch of burrs on those parts yesterday. You've already been told not to miss the deburring operation.
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.
4. (historical) A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the grip, to prevent the hand from slipping.
5. (historical) A metal ring at the top of the hand-rest on a spear.
   • And there kyng Arthur smote syr mordred vnder the shelde wyth a foyne of his spere thorughoute the body more than a fadom / And whan syr Mordred felte that he had hys dethes wounde / He thryst hym self wyth the myght that he had vp to the bur of kynge Arthurs spere / And right so he smote his fader...1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter IV, in Le Morte Darthur, book XXI
6. The ear lobe.

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