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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Burl :: Burl (v. t.) To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth..
Pantomime :: Pantomime (n.) A dramatic and spectacular entertainment of which dumb acting as well as burlesque dialogue, music, and dancing by Clown, Harlequin, etc., are features..
Burled :: Burled (imp. & p. p.) of Bur.
Burlesquer :: Burlesquer (n.) One who burlesques.
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..
Retiracy :: Retiracy (n.) Retirement; -- mostly used in a jocose or burlesque way.
Burlesque :: Burlesque (n.) Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.
Travesty :: Travesty (n.) A burlesque translation or imitation of a work.
Burlesque :: Burlesque (v. t.) To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language..
Burling :: Burling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bur.
Twain :: Twain (a. & n.) Two; -- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque..
Parody :: Parody (n.) A writing in which the language or sentiment of an author is mimicked; especially, a kind of literary pleasantry, in which what is written on one subject is altered, and applied to another by way of burlesque; travesty..
Burler :: Burler (n.) One who burls or dresses cloth.
Parody :: Parody (v. t.) To write a parody upon; to burlesque.
Valentine :: Valentine (n.) A letter containing professions of love, or a missive of a sentimental, comic, or burlesque character, sent on St. Valentine's Day..
Satyrical :: Satyrical (a.) Of or pertaining to satyrs; burlesque; as, satyric tragedy..
Burlesque :: Burlesque (v. i.) To employ burlesque.
Burl :: Burl (n.) A knot or lump in thread or cloth.
Burletta :: Burletta (a.) A comic operetta; a music farce.
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..
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