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Burr

BURR, n. The lobe or lap of the ear.
1. The round knob of a horn next a deer's head.
2. The sweetbread.
Burr-pump, or bilge-pump. A pump, having a staff of 6,7 or 8 feet long with a bar of wood to which the leather is nailed,which serves instead of a box. This staff is worked by men who pull it up and down, with a rope fastened to the middle of it.

 

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