Translation of Burr in English
burr see under bur burr \burr\ (&?;), n. [see bur.] (bot.) 1. a prickly seed vessel. see bur, 1. 2. the thin edge or ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal, as in turning, engraving, pressing, etc.; also, the rough neck left on a bullet in casting. the graver, in plowing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs. on.