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What does thou burr mean?

Updated: 8/22/2023
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A burr may be a seed with a rough outer coating. The spikes or hooks on this seed hull will allow it to catch onto and cling to different surfaces (like animal fur and clothing) to disperse it.

The term burr can also be applied to a tool (like a file or rotating bit) used to remove material from a workpiece. A spinning bit with edges (a burr) can be used to remove material from a block of wood to shape it into, say, a totem on a totem pole.

When we use the word burr, it could refer to a rough edge left on material after it has been processed or worked with. For example, if we use a cut-off saw to shorten some angle iron, the saw will leave a burr on the edge of the steel.

Burr might refer to Aaron Burr, a United States Vice President who killed Alexander Hamilton.

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