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burl
(encz) | burl,chuchvalec n: Zdeněk Brož |
Burl
(gcide) | Burl \Burl\, n.
1. A knot or lump in thread or cloth.
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2. An overgrown knot, or an excrescence, on a tree; also,
veneer made from such excrescences.
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Burl
(gcide) | Burl \Burl\ (b[^u]rl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burled (b[^u]rld);
p. pr. & vb. n. Burling.] [OE. burle stuffing, or a knot in
cloth; cf. F. bourlet, bourrelet, OF. bourel, a wreath or a
roll of cloth, linen, or leather, stuffed with flocks, etc.,
dim. of bourre. [root]92. See Bur.]
To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose
threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.
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Burling iron, a peculiar kind of nippers or tweezers used
in burling woolen cloth.
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burl
(wn) | burl
n 1: the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used
decoratively in veneer
2: a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree
3: soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or
created by design [syn: slub, knot, burl]
v 1: remove the burls from cloth |
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burlivy
(msasasci) | burlivy
- boisterous, tumultuous |
burlap
(encz) | burlap,juta n: Zdeněk Brožburlap,pytlovina n: Zdeněk Brož |
burlesque
(encz) | burlesque,burleska n: Zdeněk Brožburlesque,burleskní adj: Zdeněk Brožburlesque,groteskní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
burlier
(encz) | burlier,statnější adj: 2. st. od burly Jiří Dadák |
burliness
(encz) | burliness,hřmotnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
burlingame
(encz) | Burlingame,Burlingame n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
burlington
(encz) | Burlington,Burlington n: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
burly
(encz) | burly,hřmotný adj: Zdeněk Brožburly,statný adj: Zdeněk Brožburly,tělnatý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
hurly burly
(encz) | hurly burly,lomoz adv: Zdeněk Brož |
hurly-burly
(encz) | hurly-burly,lomoz adv: Zdeněk Brož |
tamburlaine
(encz) | Tamburlaine, |
burleska
(czen) | burleska,burlesquen: Zdeněk Brož |
burleskní
(czen) | burleskní,burlesqueadj: Zdeněk Brož |
burlingame
(czen) | Burlingame,Burlingamen: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
burlington
(czen) | Burlington,Burlingtonn: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
Burl
(gcide) | Burl \Burl\, n.
1. A knot or lump in thread or cloth.
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2. An overgrown knot, or an excrescence, on a tree; also,
veneer made from such excrescences.
[1913 Webster]Burl \Burl\ (b[^u]rl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burled (b[^u]rld);
p. pr. & vb. n. Burling.] [OE. burle stuffing, or a knot in
cloth; cf. F. bourlet, bourrelet, OF. bourel, a wreath or a
roll of cloth, linen, or leather, stuffed with flocks, etc.,
dim. of bourre. [root]92. See Bur.]
To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose
threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.
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Burling iron, a peculiar kind of nippers or tweezers used
in burling woolen cloth.
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Burlap
(gcide) | Burlap \Bur"lap\, n.
A coarse fabric, made of jute or hemp, used for bagging;
also, a finer variety of similar material, used for curtains,
etc. [Written also burlaps.]
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burlaps
(gcide) | Burlap \Bur"lap\, n.
A coarse fabric, made of jute or hemp, used for bagging;
also, a finer variety of similar material, used for curtains,
etc. [Written also burlaps.]
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burled
(gcide) | patterned \patterned\ adj.
Having describable patterns, especially patterns of colors.
[Narrower terms: banded, blotched, blotchy, splotched,
brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby, burled, {checked,
checkered}, dappled, mottled, {dotted, flecked, specked,
speckled, stippled}, figured, floral, flowered, laced,
marbled, marbleized, moire, watered, {pinstriped,
pinstripe(prenominal)}, slashed, streaked, spotted,
sprigged, streaked, streaky, striped, stripy,
tessellated, veined, venose] plain, solid
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]Burl \Burl\ (b[^u]rl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burled (b[^u]rld);
p. pr. & vb. n. Burling.] [OE. burle stuffing, or a knot in
cloth; cf. F. bourlet, bourrelet, OF. bourel, a wreath or a
roll of cloth, linen, or leather, stuffed with flocks, etc.,
dim. of bourre. [root]92. See Bur.]
To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose
threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.
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Burling iron, a peculiar kind of nippers or tweezers used
in burling woolen cloth.
[1913 Webster]burled \burled\ (b[^u]rld), adj.
having an irregular pattern from the grain of a tree burl[2],
or one resembling such a pattern, in contrast to the regular
wood grain consisting of parallel or concentric lines; -- of
wood.
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Burled
(gcide) | patterned \patterned\ adj.
Having describable patterns, especially patterns of colors.
[Narrower terms: banded, blotched, blotchy, splotched,
brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby, burled, {checked,
checkered}, dappled, mottled, {dotted, flecked, specked,
speckled, stippled}, figured, floral, flowered, laced,
marbled, marbleized, moire, watered, {pinstriped,
pinstripe(prenominal)}, slashed, streaked, spotted,
sprigged, streaked, streaky, striped, stripy,
tessellated, veined, venose] plain, solid
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]Burl \Burl\ (b[^u]rl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burled (b[^u]rld);
p. pr. & vb. n. Burling.] [OE. burle stuffing, or a knot in
cloth; cf. F. bourlet, bourrelet, OF. bourel, a wreath or a
roll of cloth, linen, or leather, stuffed with flocks, etc.,
dim. of bourre. [root]92. See Bur.]
To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose
threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.
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Burling iron, a peculiar kind of nippers or tweezers used
in burling woolen cloth.
[1913 Webster]burled \burled\ (b[^u]rld), adj.
having an irregular pattern from the grain of a tree burl[2],
or one resembling such a pattern, in contrast to the regular
wood grain consisting of parallel or concentric lines; -- of
wood.
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burled
(gcide) | patterned \patterned\ adj.
Having describable patterns, especially patterns of colors.
[Narrower terms: banded, blotched, blotchy, splotched,
brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby, burled, {checked,
checkered}, dappled, mottled, {dotted, flecked, specked,
speckled, stippled}, figured, floral, flowered, laced,
marbled, marbleized, moire, watered, {pinstriped,
pinstripe(prenominal)}, slashed, streaked, spotted,
sprigged, streaked, streaky, striped, stripy,
tessellated, veined, venose] plain, solid
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]Burl \Burl\ (b[^u]rl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burled (b[^u]rld);
p. pr. & vb. n. Burling.] [OE. burle stuffing, or a knot in
cloth; cf. F. bourlet, bourrelet, OF. bourel, a wreath or a
roll of cloth, linen, or leather, stuffed with flocks, etc.,
dim. of bourre. [root]92. See Bur.]
To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose
threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.
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Burling iron, a peculiar kind of nippers or tweezers used
in burling woolen cloth.
[1913 Webster]burled \burled\ (b[^u]rld), adj.
having an irregular pattern from the grain of a tree burl[2],
or one resembling such a pattern, in contrast to the regular
wood grain consisting of parallel or concentric lines; -- of
wood.
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Burler
(gcide) | Burler \Burl"er\, n.
One who burls or dresses cloth.
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Burlesque
(gcide) | Burlesque \Bur*lesque"\, a. [F. burlesque, fr. It. burlesco, fr.
burla jest, mockery, perh. for burrula, dim. of L. burrae
trifles. See Bur.]
Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images,
or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of
treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock
gravity; jocular; ironical.
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It is a dispute among the critics, whether burlesque
poetry runs best in heroic verse, like that of the
Dispensary, or in doggerel, like that of Hudibras.
--Addison.
[1913 Webster]Burlesque \Bur*lesque"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burlesqued; p.
pr. & vb. n. Burlesquing.]
To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation
in action or in language.
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They burlesqued the prophet Jeremiah's words, and
turned the expression he used into ridicule.
--Stillingfleet.
[1913 Webster]Burlesque \Bur*lesque"\, n.
1. Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque
satire.
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Burlesque is therefore of two kinds; the first
represents mean persons in the accouterments of
heroes, the other describes great persons acting and
speaking like the basest among the people.
--Addison.
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2. An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite
laughter, or to ridicule anything.
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The dull burlesque appeared with impudence,
And pleased by novelty in spite of sense. --Dryden.
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3. A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross
perversion.
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Who is it that admires, and from the heart is
attached to, national representative assemblies, but
must turn with horror and disgust from such a
profane burlesque and abominable perversion of that
sacred institute? --Burke.
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Syn: Mockery; farce; travesty; mimicry.
[1913 Webster]Burlesque \Bur*lesque"\, v. i.
To employ burlesque.
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Burlesqued
(gcide) | Burlesque \Bur*lesque"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burlesqued; p.
pr. & vb. n. Burlesquing.]
To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation
in action or in language.
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They burlesqued the prophet Jeremiah's words, and
turned the expression he used into ridicule.
--Stillingfleet.
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Burlesquer
(gcide) | Burlesquer \Bur*les"quer\, n.
One who burlesques.
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Burlesquing
(gcide) | Burlesque \Bur*lesque"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burlesqued; p.
pr. & vb. n. Burlesquing.]
To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation
in action or in language.
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They burlesqued the prophet Jeremiah's words, and
turned the expression he used into ridicule.
--Stillingfleet.
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Burletta
(gcide) | Burletta \Bur*let"ta\ (b[^u]r*l[e^]t"t[.a]), n. [It., dim. of
burla mockery. See Burlesque, a.] (Mus.)
A comic operetta; a music farce. --Byron.
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burlettas
(gcide) | Drama \Dra"ma\ (dr[aum]"m[.a] or dr[=a]"m[.a]; 277), n. [L.
drama, Gr. dra^ma, fr. dra^n to do, act; cf. Lith. daryti.]
1. A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action,
and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to
depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than
ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It
is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by
actors on the stage.
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A divine pastoral drama in the Song of Solomon.
--Milton.
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2. A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and
interest. "The drama of war." --Thackeray.
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Westward the course of empire takes its way;
The four first acts already past,
A fifth shall close the drama with the day;
Time's noblest offspring is the last. --Berkeley.
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The drama and contrivances of God's providence.
--Sharp.
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3. Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or
illustrating it; dramatic literature.
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Note: The principal species of the drama are tragedy and
comedy; inferior species are tragi-comedy,
melodrama, operas, burlettas, and farces.
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The romantic drama, the kind of drama whose aim is to
present a tale or history in scenes, and whose plays (like
those of Shakespeare, Marlowe, and others) are stories
told in dialogue by actors on the stage. --J. A. Symonds.
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Burliness
(gcide) | Burliness \Bur"li*ness\ (b[^u]r"l[i^]*n[e^]s), n.
Quality of being burly.
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Burling
(gcide) | Burl \Burl\ (b[^u]rl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burled (b[^u]rld);
p. pr. & vb. n. Burling.] [OE. burle stuffing, or a knot in
cloth; cf. F. bourlet, bourrelet, OF. bourel, a wreath or a
roll of cloth, linen, or leather, stuffed with flocks, etc.,
dim. of bourre. [root]92. See Bur.]
To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose
threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.
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Burling iron, a peculiar kind of nippers or tweezers used
in burling woolen cloth.
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Burling iron
(gcide) | Burl \Burl\ (b[^u]rl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burled (b[^u]rld);
p. pr. & vb. n. Burling.] [OE. burle stuffing, or a knot in
cloth; cf. F. bourlet, bourrelet, OF. bourel, a wreath or a
roll of cloth, linen, or leather, stuffed with flocks, etc.,
dim. of bourre. [root]92. See Bur.]
To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose
threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.
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Burling iron, a peculiar kind of nippers or tweezers used
in burling woolen cloth.
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Burly
(gcide) | Burly \Bur"ly\ (b[^u]r"l[y^]), a. [OE. burlich strong,
excellent; perh. orig. fit for a lady's bower, hence
handsome, manly, stout. Cf. Bower.]
1. Having a large, strong, or gross body; stout; lusty; --
now used chiefly of human beings, but formerly of animals,
in the sense of stately or beautiful, and of inanimate
things that were huge and bulky. "Burly sacks." --Drayton.
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In his latter days, with overliberal diet, [he was]
somewhat corpulent and burly. --Sir T. More.
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Burly and big, and studious of his ease. --Cowper.
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2. Coarse and rough; boisterous.
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It was the orator's own burly way of nonsense.
--Cowley.
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Hurly-burly
(gcide) | Hurly-burly \Hur"ly-bur`ly\, n. [Reduplicated fr. OE. hurly
confusion: cf. F. hurler to howl, yell, L. ululare; or cf. E.
hurry.]
Tumult; bustle; confusion. --Shak.
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All places were filled with tumult and hurly-burly.
--Knolles.
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Wool burler
(gcide) | Wool \Wool\ (w[oo^]l), n. [OE. wolle, wulle, AS. wull; akin to
D. wol, OHG. wolla, G. wolle, Icel. & Sw. ull, Dan. uld,
Goth, wulla, Lith. vilna, Russ. volna, L. vellus, Skr.
[=u]r[.n][=a] wool, v[.r] to cover. [root]146, 287. Cf.
Flannel, Velvet.]
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1. The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which
grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in
fineness sometimes approaches to fur; -- chiefly applied
to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most
essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate
climates.
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Note: Wool consists essentially of keratin.
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2. Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.
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Wool of bat and tongue of dog. --Shak.
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3. (Bot.) A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense,
curling hairs on the surface of certain plants.
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Dead pulled wool, wool pulled from a carcass.
Mineral wool. See under Mineral.
Philosopher's wool. (Chem.) See Zinc oxide, under Zinc.
Pulled wool, wool pulled from a pelt, or undressed hide.
Slag wool. Same as Mineral wool, under Mineral.
Wool ball, a ball or mass of wool.
Wool burler, one who removes little burs, knots, or
extraneous matter, from wool, or the surface of woolen
cloth.
Wool comber.
(a) One whose occupation is to comb wool.
(b) A machine for combing wool.
Wool grass (Bot.), a kind of bulrush (Scirpus Eriophorum)
with numerous clustered woolly spikes.
Wool scribbler. See Woolen scribbler, under Woolen, a.
Wool sorter's disease (Med.), a disease, resembling
malignant pustule, occurring among those who handle the
wool of goats and sheep.
Wool staple, a city or town where wool used to be brought
to the king's staple for sale. [Eng.]
Wool stapler.
(a) One who deals in wool.
(b) One who sorts wool according to its staple, or its
adaptation to different manufacturing purposes.
Wool winder, a person employed to wind, or make up, wool
into bundles to be packed for sale.
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burlap
(wn) | burlap
n 1: coarse jute fabric [syn: burlap, gunny] |
burlap bag
(wn) | burlap bag
n 1: a bag made of burlap [syn: gunnysack, gunny sack,
burlap bag] |
burled
(wn) | burled
adj 1: (of wood) have a pattern from the grain of a tree burl |
burlesque
(wn) | burlesque
adj 1: relating to or characteristic of a burlesque; "burlesque
theater"
n 1: a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor;
consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes
striptease)
2: a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's
style, usually in a humorous way [syn: parody, lampoon,
spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque,
travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on]
v 1: make a parody of; "The students spoofed the teachers" [syn:
spoof, burlesque, parody] |
burlington
(wn) | Burlington
n 1: the largest city in Vermont; located in northwestern
Vermont on Lake Champlain; site of the University of
Vermont |
burly
(wn) | burly
adj 1: muscular and heavily built; "a beefy wrestler"; "had a
tall burly frame"; "clothing sizes for husky boys"; "a
strapping boy of eighteen"; "`buirdly' is a Scottish
term" [syn: beefy, burly, husky, strapping,
buirdly] |
hurly burly
(wn) | hurly burly
n 1: a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the
furious disturbance they had caused" [syn: disturbance,
disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly burly, {to-
do}, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle] |
tamburlaine
(wn) | Tamburlaine
n 1: Mongolian ruler of Samarkand who led his nomadic hordes to
conquer an area from Turkey to Mongolia (1336-1405) [syn:
Tamerlane, Tamburlaine, Timur, Timur Lenk] |
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