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burr(1) (iou)



burr noun1. Also bur. LME.
[Abbreviation of BURROW: cf. BROCH.]
A circle. rare in gen. sense. LME.
A broad iron ring on a tilting spear. L15-E17.
A washer placed on the small end of a rivet before the end is swaged down. E17.
A luminous ring round the moon etc., a halo. M17.
Comb.: burr-pump Nautical a bilge-pump with the piston so made as not to require a valve.