BURR (2)

Burr (�), n. [[See Bur.]] (Bot.) 1. 1. A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1.
2. 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. Tomlinson. 3. 3. A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down.
4. 4. A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the gripe, to prevent the hand from slipping.
5. 5. The lobe or lap of the ear.
6. 6. [] A guttural pronounciation of the letter r, produced by trilling the extremity of the soft palate against the back part of the tongue; rotacism; — often called the Newcastle, Northumberland, or Tweedside, burr.
7. 7. The knot at the bottom of an antler. See Bur, n., 8.