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Definition of Burred
1. Adjective. Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.. "Setaceous whiskers"
Similar to: Armed
Derivative terms: Barbel, Briar, Bristle, Bristliness, Burr, Prickle, Prickliness, Seta, Spininess, Thorn, Thorniness
Definition of Burred
1. Verb. (past of burr) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Burred
1. bur [v] - See also: bur
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burred
Literary usage of Burred
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Safety in the Machine Shop by Travelers Insurance Companies (1920)
"burred Tools. The danger associated with punches, cold-chisels, hand drills, and
other similar tools, when the heads are worn, burred, or "mushroomed," has ..."
2. The Library Magazine (1887)
"He who has once seen the autumn sun setting over the moors, and watched the brown
earth burred with crimson, and the marshy waters stained like blood—who ..."
3. Cassell's New Biographical Dictionary: Containing Memoirs of the Most by Cassell Publishing Company, Cassell publishing company, pub (1893)
"Robert Hall, Dr. Parr, and Moore ; published burred Melodies in 1812, aud between
that year and his death, ..."
4. An Analytical Digest of the Cases Published in the Law Journal: And in All by George Abbott Streeten (1831)
"23, is burred. Hendry v. Bien, 2 D. íc R. 9. Where goods become forfeited in
consequence of any fraud or neglect in respect of the revenue laws, the loss, ..."
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