Definition of burl

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

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Burlesquer :: Burlesquer (n.) One who burlesques.
Burliness :: Burliness (n.) Quality of being burly.
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..
Hurl :: Hurl (n.) Tumult; riot; hurly-burly.
Heroicomical :: Heroicomical (a.) Combining the heroic and the ludicrous; denoting high burlesque; as, a heroicomic poem..
Twain :: Twain (a. & n.) Two; -- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque..
Macaronic :: Macaronic (n.) A kind of burlesque composition, in which the vernacular words of one or more modern languages are intermixed with genuine Latin words, and with hybrid formed by adding Latin terminations to other roots..
Macaronic :: Macaronic (a.) Of or pertaining to the burlesque composition called macaronic; as, macaronic poetry..
Burlesqued :: Burlesqued (imp. & p. p.) of Burlesqu.
Hurly-burly :: Hurly-burly (n.) Tumult; bustle; confusion.
Burly :: Burly (a.) Coarse and rough; boisterous.
Pantagruelism :: Pantagruelism (n.) The theory or practice of the medical profession; -- used in burlesque or ridicule.
Liquidambar :: Liquidambar (n.) A genus consisting of two species of tall trees having star-shaped leaves, and woody burlike fruit. Liquidambar styraciflua is the North American sweet qum, and L. Orientalis is found in Asia Minor..
Burl :: Burl (v. t.) To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth..
Burlesque :: Burlesque (v. t.) To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language..
Burl :: Burl (n.) A knot or lump in thread or cloth.
Tumult :: Tumult (n.) The commotion or agitation of a multitude, usually accompanied with great noise, uproar, and confusion of voices; hurly-burly; noisy confusion..
Burlesquing :: Burlesquing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burlesqu.
Burlesque :: Burlesque (n.) Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.
Burletta :: Burletta (a.) A comic operetta; a music farce.
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