Burl :: Burl (v. t.) To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth..

Burl :: Burl (n.) A knot or lump in thread or cloth.

Burl :: Burl (n.) An overgrown knot, or an excrescence, on a tree; also, veneer made from such excrescences..

Burlap :: Burlap (n.) A coarse fabric, made of jute or hemp, used for bagging; also, a finer variety of similar material, used for curtains, etc..

Burled :: Burled (imp. & p. p.) of Bur.

Burler :: Burler (n.) One who burls or dresses cloth.

Burlesque :: Burlesque (a.) 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..

Burlesque :: Burlesque (n.) Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.

Burlesque :: Burlesque (n.) An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything..

Burlesque :: Burlesque (n.) A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.

Burlesque :: Burlesque (v. t.) To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language..

Burlesque :: Burlesque (v. i.) To employ burlesque.

Burlesqued :: Burlesqued (imp. & p. p.) of Burlesqu.

Burlesquer :: Burlesquer (n.) One who burlesques.

Burlesquing :: Burlesquing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burlesqu.

Burletta :: Burletta (a.) A comic operetta; a music farce.

Burliness :: Burliness (n.) Quality of being burly.

Burling :: Burling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bur.

Burly :: Burly (a.) 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 :: Burly (a.) Coarse and rough; boisterous.

Hurly-burly :: Hurly-burly (n.) Tumult; bustle; confusion.

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