| 单词 | bur |
| 例句 | “But I thought you buried Mang...I mean, that Mango was bur...I mean...oh, I can’t even say the words.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z In his eagerness, Old Dan ran head on into a bur oak tree. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Every evening they trudged back to a meal of plankton burgers or plankton pasta or plankton bur- ritos. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He fought his way to freedom, and made it back to the bur oak tree. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, raising his head, he shook the dead leaves in the bur oak tree with his deep voice. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Before I lost my nerve, I jumped and grabbed the bottom limb of a giant bur oak tree and began to climb up. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I was on edge the rest of the day, the encounter with the boy sticking to me like burs pricking at my skin. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “Tall,” says Rita, “bur bony. You should speak up,” she says to me, looking directly at me for the first time. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z You want to keep going until the animal that is your burden—your tiger, your rhinoceros, whatever—is properly green about the gills with seasickness. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The policeman brushed the dirt and grass burs off his uniform. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Fatal results may follow, also, from less toxic herbicides if the plant itself happens to be poisonous or perhaps to possess thorns or burs. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z As I passed under the branches of the bur oak tree, I looked up into the dark foliage. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In the moonlight, tears streaming down his face, he wandered around their place, their house bur not a home. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Surrounded by chollas, bur sage, and the comical scurrying of collared lizards, McCandless pitched his tent in the puny shade of a tamarisk and basked in his newfound freedom. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z His ashes are buried under a bur oak she can see from the kitchen window. Food Scholar, Folk Singer, Blunt Speaker: The Many Lives of Leni Sorensen 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z In second grade, it was a weedy lot where she made herself a crown of burs while waiting for her father at the parent-teacher conference. Ramona Quimby’s Portland: A self-guided walking tour through sites in Beverly Cleary’s books 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z First, you must brush the llamas to remove any burs or straw that could create saddle sores. ‘Llama therapy’ in the wilds of Yellowstone National Park 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z His sound on the tenor saxophone, his primary instrument, was distinctive: taut and throaty, slightly burred, dark-hued. Sam Rivers, Jazz Musician, Dies at 88 2011-12-28T00:24:59Z The patter, delivered in Mr. Silven’s smooth, slightly burred voice, is a little pat, as when he intones, “By coincidence, by fate, by destiny, a group of you have come together to predict the improbable.” Fool Me Twice? Yes, Please 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z It’s tiny, and looks like a bur, a bristling seed pod, almost angrily sprouting trees and brush from its humpy back. In Ireland, Chasing the Wandering Soul of Yeats 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Her voice is low and gently burred, her affect is a funky mix of playfulness and precision. ‘Fragments’ Review: Guest Lectures from a Famed Professor 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Specter and his band were joined for several songs by Specter's frequent collaborator Jimmy Johnson, who sang in one of the sweetest voices in the blues and traded lean, biting licks with Specter's burred filigrees. Blues remain vital at Chicago Blues fest 2011-06-12T12:41:00Z Eventually de Mestral learned to mold nylon into a fabric studded with tiny hooks or loops that acted like artificial burs. Design: Who Made Velcro? 2012-11-11T04:07:02Z Each probe and barb and file and bur expressed itself differently if I could bring myself to listen. Perspective | You call it a root canal. I call it a bittersweet symphony. 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Starr has a skinny, burred voice that sounds as if he were quivering, and when the guitarist Paul Jackson chimes in with high harmony vocals, as on “Six Ways to Sunday,” it’s bracing. New Music: New Albums Include ‘A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac’ 2012-08-13T22:29:39Z Van Pelt repeated the method on 11 more trees, including bur oak, scarlet oak and the pecan. Seattle’s ‘Big Tree Bob’ measures the world’s tallest trees 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Other fruits have burs and hooks to cling to fur and hitch rides on animals. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Other fruits have burs and hooks that cling to fur and hitch rides on animals. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z Over plates of bur and cups of hot tea, Somali families from around the Seattle area met up at NewHolly Gathering Hall last Friday to celebrate the launch of the new books. South Seattle families publish new Somali-English children’s books 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Each acorn was painted with colored bands to indicate its species: red oak, bur oak, black oak, white oak, swamp white oak, scarlet oak, pin oak, willow oak. Meet the Mice Who Make the Forest 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z He has 152 yards and one touchdown on 28 carries, bur Wagner cautioned Murray’s mobility can present itself in a number of ways. Rams’ Wagner gets to show off familiarity with NFC West 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z The rise in consumer prices slowed modestly from June to July, bur remains historically high enough that the Federal Reserve has indicated it will keep raising interest rates until prices retreat. Fewer Americans file for jobless benefits last week 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Adams pointed to an outbreak of blight among bur oaks across the Midwest. As many as one in six U.S. tree species is threatened with extinction 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Disney originally remained mum on the bill, bur reversed course after it came under pressure from employees to oppose the bill. Florida lawmakers move to strip Disney of special tax status 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z It may take an especially bold rodent to hoist a massive bur oak acorn, then stagger under its weight, vulnerable to predators, until finding a hiding spot. Meet the Mice Who Make the Forest 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z Transfer the fried bur to the prepared baking sheet and repeat with the remaining dough pieces. A Somali-style afternoon break for tea and sweets will soothe the spirit 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Hundreds of trucks and trailers lined up recently for a grocery chain’s offer of an 80% discount on 2,500 bur oak trees that were up to 10 feet tall and would typically cost $500. Cedar Rapids tries to turn city of stumps into tree oasis 2021-05-16T04:00:00Z “There will be a lot of organic matter in it, like twigs, rocks and burs,” Margocee says. An Appalachian potter’s twist on the craft: Digging clay 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z Afterward, the products get “burred,” a process that involves removing the sharp edges. Longtime Dubuque manufacturer proud of ability to change 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z Long Beach City College horticulture professor Jorge Ochoa says you won’t find specimen Eastern oaks as splendid as the bur oak, pin oak, white oak and northern red oak anywhere else in L.A. Where are L.A.'s oldest planted trees? In its first arboretum, hidden in plain sight 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Let the bur cool until warm to the touch, then serve warm, with shaah, and Nutella or jam, if you like. A Somali-style afternoon break for tea and sweets will soothe the spirit 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Some of the numerous tree species the DNR wants seeds for are black walnut, red oak, bur oak and shellbark hickory. Indiana DNR will pay Hoosiers for certain tree seeds, nuts 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z The principal goal, in other words, isn’t to protect the American system of elections from a foreign attack, bur rather, it’s to protect the American president’s feelings. Did Mulvaney warn the DHS chief not to bring up election interference? 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z This is not a disagreement over whether to investigate the president and his alleged misdeeds, bur rather, how. Despite Trump's threats, Dems proceed with investigations 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z “Whether I liked it or not the idea of slavery stuck like a bur,” says Collins. Colin Grant: ‘We’re still living with slavery’ 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z The intra-party goal isn’t to fix what ails the GOP, bur rather, to simply ignore the party’s problems and wait for the political winds to change direction. In the wake of defeat, Republicans see no reason to change 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Police located him on his tour bur parked outside a nearby Walmart store, authorities said previously. Nelly’s accuser asks police to drop rape investigation into Grammy-winning rap artist 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z Such consequences may also stem from the use of less toxic herbicides in cases where the plant itself happens to be poisonous or, perhaps, to possess thorns or burs. Silent Spring—I 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z “It hasn’t always been wine and roses, sometimes it’s sticker burs and thorns, but it’s a team effort, and we’ve made it work,” Shirley Hillyer said. Love of llamas becomes way of life for South Texas family 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z He still had spines and burs in his feet when he stumbled into his family’s living room, his mother said. Quest for a New Life Ends in a Tangle of Gang Ties 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z However, he added, “I didn’t agree to support him because of what he’s done in his personal life” bur rather “because I agree with his policies more than Hillary Clinton’s policies.” Trump tape splits Catholic support 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Bernie may confine himself to a few themes, bur they are powerful themes because they are radical in the true meaning of the word, which is "root". Hillary and Bernie Meet New York 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Standing in the shade of a roughly 200-year-old bur oak tree, Billy Ray Pemberton cups his hand and takes a drink of the cool spring water. ‘Secret’ Dallas spring gets attention, preservation status 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Bunchems was conceived by longtime Spin Master designer Paul Reynolds, who, after walking through a wooded area in Toronto with his daughter, noticed dozens of prickly burs stuck to his socks, Ms. Biran says. This New Toy Hit Some Real Snags—in Children’s Hair 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z In Feb of 2004, Hamilton was given a 30 day suspension and fined him an undisclosed sum for multiple violations of its drug policy, bur his return took far, far longer. Josh Hamilton, His Reported Relapse With Cocaine, And What To Expect With MLB's Drug Policy 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z After returning from a walk, he discovered his socks and his dog’s fur were covered in burs. This Is How to Make NFL Helmets Safer 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z A wheeled transporter is to convey the 65-foot-tall bur oak about 500 feet down a pedestrian mall to its new home. Crews ready to move 250-year-old bur oak tree 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z The university said Monday the 65-foot-tall bur oak will be moved Oct. University of Michigan to move old tree on Oct. 25 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z He collected the soil from each county in June, mixed it together, and planted the bur oaks. Trees from statehood project going out to counties 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z The cause of Tuesday's accident remains unclear bur nearly 60 people were rescued in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Two dead as boat sinks off Malaysia 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z Intrigued by how they worked, de Mestral looked at the burs under a microscope and discovered a bunch of little hooks, which became the inspiration for velcro. This Is How to Make NFL Helmets Safer 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z A friend challenged him to use the camera feature, and Hirsch decided to spend the next year photographing the bur oak that was such a feature of his daily commute. Photographer documents a year in the life of a bur oak on his iPhone 2013-05-24T12:00:00Z Mr. Shanks said the company will adjust production to meet lower demand, bur did not provide details. Ford Profit Falls Despite North American Growth 2012-07-25T12:16:55Z The chestnut has not a handsome outside; it is long encased in troublesome burs, and, when disengaged, is almost as black as these nuts you despise. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z It is an excellent forage-plant, and in late summer, when our cattle have eaten everything else, they feed upon the little burs, which are very nutritious in themselves. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z The nuts, as you see, are inclosed in a bur or coat which covers the shell. How We are Fed A Geographical Reader 2012-02-07T03:00:10.237Z Neighbour, n�′bur, n. a person who dwells, sits, or stands near another: one who is on friendly terms with another.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z The boys began to hustle, threshing the burs from the nuts, and then scooping the latter into the bags they had brought. The White Crystals Being an Account of the Adventures of Two Boys 2012-01-13T03:00:11.507Z He winked them indignantly, strove to clear his burred throat. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z These burs are exquisitely symmetrical, and have long been in use by the fuller to "tease," or raise a nap upon cloth, whence the name, "teasel." The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z They usually drop out of their burs after there have been a few frosts. How We are Fed A Geographical Reader 2012-02-07T03:00:10.237Z This is useful in cleaning up burred threads on bolts before they are replaced, as burring is unavoidable if it has been necessary to drive them out with a hammer. Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair 2011-12-04T03:00:04.777Z They found the ground covered with the burs, which had burst open, showing the shining brown nuts inside. The White Crystals Being an Account of the Adventures of Two Boys 2012-01-13T03:00:11.507Z The burs are produced singly, but sometimes several on a twig, and when mature, instead of opening by valves, as in the true chestnut, they break up irregularly. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z Out of curiosity, he stuck a few under a microscope and saw that each bur consisted of hundreds of little hooks that caught on anything with a loop, such as clothing or animal fur. Are You Making the Right Connections? 2011-11-08T17:24:52Z There are generally two nuts in each bur. How We are Fed A Geographical Reader 2012-02-07T03:00:10.237Z The great chestnut tree on the hillside has cast its burden of ripe nuts, flung down the empty burs, and given its yellow leaves to the autumn winds. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Burton, bur′ton, n. a tackle variously used. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Shell of the nut leathery, not brittle, ovoid, two or more together in the larger species, in others solitary, or only one in a bur. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z They form usually in pairs in a prickly bur. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z A bur covers the nut, which sticks very closely until it is ripe. How We are Fed A Geographical Reader 2012-02-07T03:00:10.237Z Ernest Thompson Seton, always a boy, knows the impatience with which the opening of the burs is watched for, as the belated frosts keep off, and the burs hang tantalizingly closed. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Burbot, bur′bot, n. a fresh-water fish, like the eel, having a longish beard on its lower jaw. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Usually three nuts in each bur, the center one flattened by compression, the two outer ones plano-convex. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z The bur oak does not often form a part of the forest stand, as do some other oaks, but occurs generally singly in open stands and in fields. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z When he had rubbed his shoes with a bur leaf, brushed his hat with his coat sleeve, put a grape-hyacinth in his buttonhole and seized his cinnamon cane, he was ready to go. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z For instance, a white oak and a bur oak grow near enough for the wind to "cross-fertilize" their pistillate flowers. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Burden, bur′dn, n. part of a song repeated at the end of every stanza, refrain: the leading idea of anything: a load of care, sorrow, or responsibility. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z A spike of burs and leaves of this species are seen in Fig. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z They are easily recognized by their alternate simple, broadly lanceolate coarsely toothed leaves, and their prickly burs about 2 inches in diameter containing 1-3 nuts. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z Common trees would have been American elm, shellbark hickory, bur oak, swamp white oak, tupelo and black willow. In the Garden: Finding the Potential in Vacant Lots 2011-08-03T23:06:38Z At any season, one knows this cork elm by the shaggy bark on its stout limbs that make the tree resemble a bur oak. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Bur′dock, a dock with a bur or prickly head; Bur′-this′tle, the spear-thistle.—Bur in the throat, something seeming to stick in the throat, producing a choking sensation. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Sometimes the burs are single, as shown in Fig. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z THE bur oak, which occurs throughout the State takes its name from the fringe around the cup of the acorn. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z Boulders and hollows alive, astir With a goat-thighed foe, all teeth and fur, We husked that foe like a chestnut bur— I thought of the Holy Rood. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z With the first frost the burs open, the four walls part, releasing the two nuts, three-angled, like a grain of buckwheat. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Bur, Burr, bur, n. the rough sound of r pronounced in the throat, as in Northumberland—v.i. to whisper hoarsely, to murmur. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Nuts only one in each bur, rather short, broad, top-shaped, with blunt point; shell very smooth, glossy, almost black; kernel fine-grained and sweet. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z There was a deep note of loving them in his voice, rough and burred though it was, as Potch spoke to the goats. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z Russell picked the burs from his flannel trousers and counted the strokes on his fingers. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z In truth, there is no finer nut; and the time to enjoy it to the highest degree is a few weeks after the frost opens the burs and lets the nuts fall. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Borage, bur′āj, n. a plant of the genus Borago, formerly in great repute as a cordial. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z This is an exceptional form of the bur, and will enable almost any person to recognize the variety with bearing trees. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z Now and then a clownish hobble-de-hoy colt, with long fetlocks and disordered mane, and a thousand burs in his tail, stalks through this company. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z The types also have slight burs and sharp edges of metal which must be rubbed off before they are ready for inspection and for the font-room. Type Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #1 2011-06-12T02:00:07.280Z The bur oak is a rugged, ragged tree, compared with the white oak. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Borough, bur′ō, n. a town with a corporation and special privileges granted by royal charter; a town that sends representatives to parliament.—ns. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Nuts extra large, usually only two in a bur, often only one, and about two inches broad, much depressed at the top, with a short point set in an irregular depression or basin. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z Her bare legs were bleeding from brush scratches, and the tatters of her torn skirt were weighted with burs. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z Pur, which is interpreted “a lot,” has naturally no connection with the Assyrian bur, which is stated to mean “a stone.” The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z H. 3rd, for instance, has been told repeatedly that the word is "button," and yet he goes on calling it "bur" or "but" or something like that. Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z Burrel, bur′el, n. a kind of coarse russet cloth in medieval times. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Usually three nuts in a bur; an ideal variety in every respect. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z Because the fairy Love went before her, picking up every rough stone and bur or brier, and when the sun was hottest, shaded the invalid with her delicate purple wings. Violet: A Fairy Story 2011-04-07T02:00:17.290Z She had come toward him; her voice burred softly over his shoulder. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z Alien plant invaders threaten UK National Parks The New Zealand Pirri pirri bur is a prickly customer for UK habitats Non-native garden plants pose a threat to the countryside including National Parks, a report reveals. Plant threat to National Parks 2011-03-01T14:38:04Z Bursa, bur′sa, n. a pouch or sac, esp. a synovial cavity formed where tendons pass over the harder parts of the body:—pl. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z It should be noticed also that Oregon wool commands an excellent price in the market, even six cents higher than California, possessing greater strength and evenness, and being free from burs. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z When a dentist in St. Louis needs new carbide burs, that dentist calls his Henry Schein sales rep. When You Are the Middleman, How Not to Get Cut Out 2011-02-10T09:35:00Z The grist mill has a pair of French burs, and complete machinery for making and bolting superfine flour. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z The use of saddle blankets as bedding by the men will be permitted only under very exceptional conditions, and special care must be exercised to keep them free from dirt and burs. Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army of the United States 1917 to be also used by Engineer Companies (Mounted) for Cavalry Instruction and Training 2011-02-03T03:00:09.473Z Burgage, bur′gāj, n. a tenure in socage for a yearly rent: a tenure in Scotland in royal burghs under nominal service of watching. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z His long hair was matted with burs, but he seemed in good health and well fed. Swamp Island 2011-01-28T03:00:22.400Z The ovary develops into a large fleshy bur, with short stout spines, which splits into three valves when the dark-red glossy seeds are ripe. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z It was only after he saw a second, with its trademark bur, that he realized they survived in the wild. The mighty American chestnut tree, poised for a comeback 2010-10-18T00:35:00Z This debate exists in China, bur very rarely in public or the media. Worlds Apart: China And Silicon Valley 2010-09-22T20:00:00Z Burgrave, bur′grāv, n. the governor of a town or castle. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Yes, I couldn't get the union-nut off—it was burred; so I broke the pipe and bent it back on itself. H.M.S. —— The chestnut crop was good and we knew that the first hard freeze would open the burs. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. His bloodthirsty prattle grew into a quaint and horrible harangue eked out with quotations that stuck like burs. Witching Hill And then she sprang up, threw her arms about my neck, and stuck to me like a bur; but her whole frame trembled, and I thought I could feel her hot hands through my coat. A Sister's Love A Novel Burgundy, bur′gun-di, n. a generous French red wine, so called from Burgundy, the district where it is made. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Let us go forth and seek Woods where the wild plums redden and the beech Plumps its packed burs: and, swelling, just in reach. A Voice on the Wind and Other Poems An eye is like a chestnut bur; it doesn't open till it is ripe, and up to this time mine has been green in ignorance. A Yankee from the West A Novel In the Chestnut the cupule forms the bur; in the Hazel, a leafy husk. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools The point, in scratching the gelatine, raises a bur, and this must be removed gently with a paper stump, or with the scraper, after which operation the tracing is rubbed in with powdered sanguine. A Treatise on Etching Burlap, bur′lap, n. a coarse canvas for wrappings, &c.—usually in pl. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Xanthium spinosum L. Bur oblong, light brown, very slightly flattened, 10–13 mm. long, the beaks weak and small, small hooked prickles 3–4 mm. long, each bur contains two seeds. Seeds of Michigan Weeds Bulletin 260, Michigan State Agricultural College Experiment Station, Division of Botany, March, 1910 I stepped sadly upon the veranda; the same dogs, now blind or with broken legs, raised their bushy tails, all matted with burs, and barked. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 If good society only knew the debt it owes to these defenders of its privileges, a "Vagabonds' Home and Aged Asylum" would speedily figure amongst bur national charities. The Fortunes Of Glencore Use of the Scraper for removing the Bur thrown up by the Dry Point.—The dry point work being finished, the bur thrown up by the instrument must be removed. A Treatise on Etching Arbor, �r′bur, n. the main support of a machine: an axis or spindle on which a wheel revolves. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Xanthium strumarium L. Bur dark brown, oval, circular in sections 12–22 mm. long, beaks stout, nearly straight, spines about 5 mm. long, surface of burs and base of spines clothed with minute hooked prickles. Seeds of Michigan Weeds Bulletin 260, Michigan State Agricultural College Experiment Station, Division of Botany, March, 1910 In this district were several open, level, sandy plains covered with a scattered growth of white and bur oaks and an undergrowth of hazel brush. The Mammals of Washtenaw County, Michigan Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, No. 123 Tod could always find the humorous side of things, however, and it seemed that one of the burs he had thrown down had lighted on the bear's nose and stuck there, tickling him. Harper's Round Table, October 29, 1895 The bur is the ridge raised on the edge of the line, as the point ploughs through the metal; you can satisfy yourself of its existence by the touch. A Treatise on Etching Burgoo, bur′gōō, n. a dish made of boiled oatmeal seasoned with salt, butter, and sugar, used by seamen. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Any kind of a bur or seed which sticks in the mohair must be picked out by hand. Practical Angora Goat Raising On the low lands of the Lake Plain District great forests of black ash, elm, whitewood, soft maple, red-bud, swamp oak, and bur oak were found by the early settlers. The Mammals of Washtenaw County, Michigan Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, No. 123 A large chestnut-tree thick with burs stood near the centre of a small knoll. Harper's Round Table, October 29, 1895 You need not feel any anxiety about injuring the plate; the touch will tell you when the bur has disappeared. A Treatise on Etching Bursar, burs′ar, n. one who keeps the purse, a treasurer: in Scotland, a student maintained at a university by funds derived from endowment.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z One man can pick the burs out of from fifteen to twenty-five animals a day, if there are not too many burs in the mohair. Practical Angora Goat Raising Chinkapins have a taste something like a chestnut, and grow in a husk or bur, being of the same sort of substance, but not so big as an acorn. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts It was the work of a few minutes, and he was safely perched in a fork of the branches, breaking open the burs with his knife and filling his pockets with the nuts. Harper's Round Table, October 29, 1895 It is best to commence with the sky, or other delicate passages, and to remove the bur from them, if there are other stronger lines to be drawn over them. A Treatise on Etching That yearling I branded—he was from the river bosques, for he had his tail full of sand burs, and the bunch he was with was sure snaky. Stepsons of Light Sometimes the grower can make good wages by having the burs picked out before the animals are shorn. Practical Angora Goat Raising This hole has a bur raised on each side, except the card, &c., be pressed hard between the discharging-rod and the jar. Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments There beneath him, nosing around among the empty burs, was a good-sized bear. Harper's Round Table, October 29, 1895 You can therefore bring out your subject by shading; you can lay vigorous lines over lines from which the bur has been removed; you can take out, and you can put in. A Treatise on Etching Mordred felt that he had his death-wound, but with a last impulse of fury in his felon soul he thrust himself, with all his strength, up to the bur of King Arthur's spear. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Body of the bur and the spines densely pubescent — 6. 6a. The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State Babache, you are like a chestnut bur, sometimes—but 159 I love you—and I shall always heed what you tell me. Francezka He now came back, set the bucket down in front of the cow, and began, from force of long habit in caring for his stock, to pick off some burs, and otherwise groom her. Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys It's the colour of a horse chestnut fresh out of the bur—and her skin's like the inside of the bur—you know—creamy! The Deaves Affair "Now, in return, you might take some of my seeds to the fields with you," said the burdock; and she broke off some of her many burs and scattered them over the hare. The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories Body of the bur more than twice as long as thick; a common weed Cocklebur, Xanthium commune. 6b. The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State This singular little species is remarkable chiefly in the habitat it affects,—fallen chestnut burs. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species The plant bears burs containing many small reddish seeds, from the pulp of which the dye is obtained. Philippine Mats Philippine Craftsman Reprint Series No. 1 The burred dorsal recurvature of the edge resembles that of the flange of crocodiles, which serves as part of the origin of the anterior pterygoid in those animals. The Adductor Muscles of the Jaw In Some Primitive Reptiles Trust carried the burs to the field and ran off into the wood. The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories Pistillate flowers in an ovoid spiny involucre, ripening into a bur 3a, in COMPOSITAE, p. The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State Burdock burs and brambles clung to the skirt of her merino dress, which exhibited one or two serious rents. Mabel's Mistake Then I, with the kindest intentions, shook out E. E.'s—full panier—and found it puckered-up with green burdock burs, which she had got on from the weeds on her way to the tent. Phemie Frost's Experiences Jane early came to feel what burs were in the wind for her. A Prairie Infanta There was a rush down the hill to the big chestnut tree about whose roots lay the prickly burs which the frost had opened to show the shining brown nuts within. A Dear Little Girl's Thanksgiving Holidays If the coating has spiny hairs, as in the Chestnut and Beechnut, the whole is a bur. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination Oh, Mr. Harrington," she said, coming close to his horse, picking the burs from her dress as she moved along, "can it be possible that you have only reached this point now? Mabel's Mistake "No, you are worse than a burdock bur." The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. Planetary nebulæ, stars with burs, with milky chevelure, with short rays, remarkable shapes, etc. Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works Each hair has tiny prongs or tentacles, something like those on the cockle bur, which catch the dust; hence the especial need of brushing. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society Burs large, very prickly, inclosing 1 to 3 large, ovoid, brown nuts, ripe after frost, which opens the bur into 4 valves. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination At the end of the branch three bright bur oak leaves were growing. Shaman His coat is rough and full of burs, and he will make a very poor figure to show the priest unless you give him a good brushing. The Mexican Twins Its curious cup gives a hint, or more than a hint, as to the special designating character of another oak, the mossy-cup or bur. Getting Acquainted with the Trees The alarums burred cheerily on for about twenty minutes, after which, by Mademoiselle’s instructions, they were replaced in the monitresses’ bedrooms by Hermie. The Madcap of the School Fruit a prickly bur, inclosing 2 triangular, sharp-ridged nuts, the bur hanging on the trees during the greater part of the winter. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination He is not a cur; he is only a bur. All About Coffee Then he brushed his coat and took out the burs, and braided the end of his tail, and even made a wreath of green leaves and hung it over his left ear. The Mexican Twins Did you, gentle reader, ever saunter through a chestnut grove in the later fall, when the yellow had been browned by the frosts which brought to the ground alike leaves and remaining burs? Getting Acquainted with the Trees Birch, burs, corn, garlick, medlar, oak, myrtle, peach, prunes, grapes, vine, violet. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare The armature is fastened to F by a screw, S. A copper bur is put under the head of S to aid in keeping A from rocking sidewise. How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity While Patsy’s tongue burred out its Irish brogue she pushed at the tall figure in front of her—pushed with all her might. Seven Miles to Arden After trying two or three burs, the bear made a spring toward Solomon, got loose from his chain, and started after him in earnest. The Nursery, July 1877, XXII. No. 1 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers In that circumstance the rustlers were unexpected allies and he hoped they would put burs under the tails of every steer on the range and drive them to the Gulf of Mexico. The Free Range Acorns, hawthorn, brambles, briar, bur, chestnut, cork, nuts, holly, medlar, moss, mustard, oak, olive, palm, peascod, rose, rush, rye, sugar, grape, osier. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare By using 2 burs instead of 1, several wires may be easily joined together at one point. How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity A spring, now she is dead! of what? of thorns, Briars and brambles? thistles, burs and docks? A History of Elizabethan Literature The boys and girls kicked them aside to get at the chestnut burs which had fallen and mixed with them,—spiky burs, half open, and showing the glossy-brown nut within. Eyebright A Story Cut down occlusal fillings with burs or carborundum wheels, and proximal fillings with sharp instruments, emery strips or disks. Tin Foil and Its Combinations for Filling Teeth Almond, balm, blackberry, burs, date, nut, laurels, lily, toadstool, nettle, oak, pine, plantain, potato, wheat. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare The wires should be pinched between the nut and the copper bur shown. How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity A few aeroplanes burred overhead, the exchange of firing followed its normal daily course, quieting rather in the heat of midday; but to the waiting troops the long hours dragged. The Tale of a Trooper Sourwood and sumach blazed; the woodbine flung its banner of blood, chestnuts were yellow where the nuts dropped through them from loosened burs. Judith of the Cumberlands White oak indicates only a moderate soil; 76 bur oak, a somewhat warmer and better drained soil. The Young Farmer: Some Things He Should Know The consequence was that hating each other, they nevertheless stuck together like burs. The Huntress This consists of a screw, screw-eye, bur and a metal strip, ¾ × 1¼ in. How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity In this way seeds of water plantain, sedges, grasses, rushes, docks, arrowhead, pondweeds, duckweed, cat-tail flag, bur reed, bladderwort, water crowfoot, and many others are transported from one pond, lake, or stream, to another. Seed Dispersal In several years it has borne a crop of burs, but no other tree is available for cross-pollination, and the nuts have seldom filled. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 This year there are a few scattering burs at seven years of age, on those that I did not graft this spring. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 I grafted these on Chinese stocks; they set burs and matured nuts the same year grafted. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946 Any outside wires which are to be joined to the apparatus should be clamped under the bur by turning the screw-eye. How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity Grouse, fox, and dog carry burs.—To the feathers of a ruffed grouse killed in the molting stage, early in September, were attached fifty or more nutlets of Echinospermum Virginicum Lehm. Seed Dispersal This spring several of the trees blossomed, but set no burs. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 These tops bore the second year, several bearing good burs the same year the scions were set. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 On the Zaleski State forest game area, one of these trees, now about 6 feet high, is bearing 21 burs this year. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946 If the bolt is too large for a bur, an iron washer may be used. How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity A student tells of a tame fox kept near his home, on the tail of which were large numbers of sand burs, and a smaller number on his legs and feet. Seed Dispersal Little trees just two years from the seed were full of burs this year. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 You can graft scions of that tree on other stocks and plant them anywhere you choose under differing conditions and it will have a heavy set of burs. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 They are very prolific and often set burs the same year set out. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946 This consists of a screw and a copper washer or "bur." How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity Another student has seen dogs so annoyed by these burs on their feet that they gave up all attempts to walk. Seed Dispersal Started bearing in 1945, with three very large sized nuts in large fleshy burs. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 The ground was covered with nuts, but only an occasional bur. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 He reports that in southwestern Virginia, burs often begin opening during the third week of August. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946 Scrape the covering from the ends of the wires, and place them between the burs. How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity The burs are so high up as to create difficulties if we intend to anticipate nature and harvest our crop prematurely. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 Our Chinese chestnut trees seem to be hardy and this year have produced a few burs for the first time. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 All of the burs were wide open and still on the tree. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 Last spring, I found several bushels of chestnut burs cached in a sandstone cave in southern Ohio by woodrats. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946 Two copper burs are used to pinch the wires. How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity The best method of harvesting is to use a long slender pole with a metal hook at the extreme end, and by gently pulling and twisting, remove the burs from the tree. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 The burs are borne singly or in small groups like those of the common chestnut, instead of being crowded in dense clusters like chinquapin burs. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916. The fourth tree I found on the 5th of October with all of its nuts on the ground, the tree retaining the burs. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 The bur is very thick and fleshy, with close-set spines. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946 When sheet-metal is punched by the methods usually employed by boys, a bulge or bur is made on the underside around the hole. How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity The nuts, three in a bur are somewhat wedge shaped and average 5/8 of an inch in diameter. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 I present for inspection a freshly cut branch from an ordinary bush chinquapin, loaded with burs, indicating the prolific nature of the variety. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916. These trees bloomed this spring and two of them set a few burs. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 During this period in the pecan, certain other species of hickory, the Persian walnut, chestnut, and others, food reserves are transferred from shucks, hulls, or burs to the nuts. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 If this bur be hammered to flatten it, the hole is distorted and made smaller. How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity The burs open during the month of October with or without frost. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 There are two or three nuts to the bur, while the chinquapin has normally, but one nut to the bur. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916. Last Sunday, August 31, I saw a three inch sprout in Connecticut that had had a few burs on it. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924 All of the many Chinese seedlings I have, and the few grafted ones, are growing nicely, and quite a number have burs on them when only about belt high to an average man. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 The copper burs are No. 8, and fit nicely around the screws. How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity In our form of the Chinese chestnut only one, if any, bur appears at the base of the flowering branch. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 During the first two seasons of bearing it had but one nut to the bur, and this was of chinquapin character. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916. Last Friday, August 29, I heard of a small chestnut tree in New Jersey that bore a few burs last year and which has a dozen or more this year. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924 This year my trees have an excellent crop of burs and show promise of a good average yield on each tree. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 "Waiter," called Lynch, who, as a general rule, was not guilty of knowing much about any of his studies, "bring me the bur." Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim Note clustered burs in hybrid—more than twice the number appearing in the mollissima parent. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 As the tree became older its chestnut parentage influence pre-dominated, and the tree began to bear two or three nuts to the bur, and more like chestnuts in character, becoming smooth again at the base. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916. In August they issue from the ground and seek the trees where they collect around the burs and begin to deposit eggs soon after the nut kernels start to form. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924 Nuts that drop free from the burs are more subject to injury by drying and require more hand work in gathering. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 Presently they posed him and a dozen cameras snapped while a cinema burred. A Dominie in Doubt In the course of the controlled pollination work it has often been found that the female flowers drop off in the bag before the burs start to develop. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 The bush chinquapins begin to open their burs very regularly about the fifteenth of September; earlier than any other chestnuts. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916. Most of the eggs are deposited directly into the nuts after the burs begin to open. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924 This I hoped would improve the texture of the soil and make better conditions for growing bur clover between the trees. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 The raw wool always contains foreign matter such as burs and dirt; it is also saturated with a natural oil which prevents felting. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges Soon Grunty came upon a cluster of the three-sided nuts, clinging inside a bur that the frost had split open. The Tale of Grunty Pig Slumber-Town Tales Way underneath, close to their necks, we found these little locks, that by some work and careful snipping we managed to get quite free of burs, so I cut them off to preserve. Cricket at the Seashore The filberts planted two years ago, also have some, and the chestnuts, those the blight have left me, are covered with burs. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924 First, I would place retention of nuts in the burs as the worst trouble. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 Davy Crockett preferred a heap of chestnut burs for a pillow; but I followed the patriarch's example and chose a flat stone. Lights and Shadows in Confederate Prisons A Personal Experience, 1864-5 His keen nose led him to burs that Johnnie Green had trampled over that very morning, and missed. The Tale of Grunty Pig Slumber-Town Tales We had to get the first coating of dirt off before we could undertake to disentangle those dreadful burs. Cricket at the Seashore For the complete removal of all foreign vegetable substances from wool the most effective process is carbonizing, in which the burs, etc., are burned out by means of acid and a high degree of heat. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades The type of bur opening is more important than usually considered, as it materially affects the satisfactory harvesting of the nuts. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 Till you grow tender as a chick, I'm dull as any post; Let us like burs together stick, And warm as any toast. The Book of Humorous Verse Instead, he began nosing about for another beechnut bur. The Tale of Grunty Pig Slumber-Town Tales They each had so much of it, and it was as fine as floss; but this only made it the more difficult to get those sticky burs out. Cricket at the Seashore In this machine the wool is first spread out into a thin lap or sheet; then light wooden blades, rotating rapidly, beat upon every part of the sheet and break the burs into pieces. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades Next, nuts too dry and loose in the hull at time of falling, which is present in four or five trees, some of which retain nuts in the burs and some which do not. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 Mr. Littlepage had to have them all gone over and the burs removed. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912 Goldsmith referred to Boswell as a cur; Garrick said he thought he was a bur. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 My sister and I each took a child, and began at the burs. Cricket at the Seashore For the mechanical removing of burs a machine called the bur picker is employed. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades Another large tree in eastern Virginia produces many burs but the nuts fail to develop, indicating self-sterility. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 They were so inclined to fruit during the first season that they would have exhausted themselves if the burs had not been removed. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912 The Winnipeg agent of the Hudson Bay Company was Donald Alexander Smith, a hardy Scotch bur of a man, with many strong and sturdy oatmeal virtues. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen Bears a good-size, attractive nut, which falls free from the bur, ripening in early October. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947 My shoes are full of burs and stones, and I am tired of weeping. Rippling Rhymes These have never done well, although one had burs but I found no nuts. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 Small burs and withered leaves retained in winter are some signs of the diseased condition of the tree. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912 At such times the Scotch bur would come to his lips, and the blood of his ancestors would tangle his tongue. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen All the nuts are medium sweet to sweet and all of them fall free of the bur. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947 What! they have frighted you, By hanging burs, and clumsily carven puppets, Round my good name; but afterwards, my love, I will say what this means; this moment, see! The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems I kept a rough record by looking at the burs at the end of the season, and classed trees as excellent, good, or poor producers, along with other characteristics of the trees. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 No, we won't come then because bur mother would never send you to get us. Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman Instead of Angel ministers, What hath he now but fiends devouring; Instead of grapes and melons, burs; In lieu of manna, crab and souring— By whose fault? Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse We take nuts right from the bur and put them in the soil. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947 He was tanned like a harvester, Like his short clay pipe, like the leaf and bur That clung to his coat from last night's bed, Like the ploughland crumbling red. Poems From the commercial standpoint it appears that the most desirable bur should drop from the tree with the nuts still in it but be well split so that the nuts can be readily removed. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 From two or three to from fifteen to seventeen burs had to be removed from each tree in order to prevent over-taxation. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting Ithaca, New York, December 14 and 15, 1911 One of them obeyed, and coming near to Manabozho, he presented him the other end of his own bushy tail, which was nicely seasoned with burs, gathered in the course of the hunt. The Indian Fairy Book From the Original Legends I have never seen No. 2 tree produce late blooms and burs. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947 At the first touch he rolled himself together, all his spears sticking straight out on every side, like a huge chestnut bur. Wood Folk at School Both males and females soon begin to feed by piercing the burs with their long beaks. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 If we even wait until the burs open, crows and jays will carry them off.” Hazel Squirrel and Other Stories When Sir Mordred felt that he had his death's wound, he thrust himself, with the might that he had, up to the bur of King Arthur's spear. Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" The tree has no other objectionable features except the nuts are only small to medium in size but nearly every one falls freely from the burs. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947 Then he rolled into a chestnut bur again, and proclaimed mockingly at every point: “Touch me if you dare!” Wood Folk at School It was also noted that great numbers of the larvae were leaving the nuts soon after the burs cracked open. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 Then she showed them how to cut off the little clusters of burs and soon they had their baskets full. Hazel Squirrel and Other Stories Insult to herself she had endured, but to have the children disliked would have been more than she could bear; bur Tommy, apparently, is not disliked—by the old man at all events. April's Lady A Novel They ripened early, beginning to drop from the burs by September 25th. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947 Whether he rolls himself into a chestnut bur by instinct, as the possum plays dead, or whether that is a matter of slow learning is yet to be discovered. Wood Folk at School Evidently these full-grown larvae had hatched from eggs deposited several weeks before the burs split. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 Hazel’s was dreadfully matted down and Bushie’s was full of burs. Hazel Squirrel and Other Stories "You'd be sure to lose some of the hats and coats, or tear them on some briars, or get them full of burs." The Tale of Nimble Deer Sleepy-Time Tales One 3-year seedling bore 1 bur with 3 nuts fully as large. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947 MEMBER: The chinkapins will often sprout even before they come out of the bur. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951 I planted before the war Chinese seed in Kentucky and a good many of those put on burs in the nursery row. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 “See, the burs don’t open a bit, they are much too green to eat.” Hazel Squirrel and Other Stories Here a gray one has just passed,—came down that tree and went up this; there he dug for a beech-nut, and left the bur on the snow. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 The Chinese harvest their chestnuts just as soon as the bur cracks. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947 And she stuck to the heralds like a bur to a sheep. Roumanian Fairy Tales I would prefer a chestnut that sticks tight to the bur. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 Fruit.—A prickly bur, thick, 4-valved, splitting nearly to the base when ripe: nut sharply triangular, sweet, edible. Handbook of the Trees of New England I was stealing stealthily towards the stretcher at the far end of the place, when a deep voice burred rough salutation in my ear. Lords of the North If the burred gears could only hold the car for a mile or so more— But a sudden, snapping crackle ended his hope. The White Desert The wind drives the weathered burs, clung together, along the grass. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales Occasionally adults were hidden among the spines of the burs and were inadvertently enclosed in the bags; therefore, all nuts in bags containing female adults that might have continued ovipositing were discarded. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 Its vigorous and rapid growth, massive, broad-spreading head and attractive flowers make it a valuable tree for landscape gardening, but in public places the prickly burs and edible fruit are a serious disadvantage. Handbook of the Trees of New England A bird sits on the next bough; life everlasting grows under the table, and blackberry vines run round its legs; pine cones, chestnut burs, and strawberry leaves are strewn about. A Book of English Prose Part II, Arranged for Secondary and High Schools She went to the burdock; Bernhard gathered her some handfuls of burs. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag With a bound he gained the top of the fence, stopped to pull something from one of his fore feet—probably a cockle bur—and then carefully balancing himself, proceeded to walk the fence. The Literary World Seventh Reader Some people have believed that exposure of the nuts to the hot sun while in the bur or on the ground may cause damage. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 Mollie inquired, as Frank drew a bur from her white skirt. The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island Or, A Cave and What It Contained This substance, which serves so many purposes in this part of the world, is the red powder which covers the seeds contained in the prickly bur of the Bixa orellana. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America "Have you ever seen a cap of burs?" Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag The words bower, formerly the name of a sleeping-place for ladies and now generally meaning a summer-house, and byre, the place where cows sleep, both come from the Old English word bur, "a bower." Stories That Words Tell Us So far in 1948, the burs that have fallen to the ground, of course, have no nuts, but whether the burs that are still on the trees have nuts I don't know. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 When it first began to bear, the nuts were of the chinkapin type, a single nut to the bur and hardly to be distinguished from other chinkapins. Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the eighth annual meeting Stamford, Connecticut, September 5 and 6, 1917 He is not a cur: you are too severe—he is only a bur. Goldsmith English Men of Letters Series Here and there could be seen an isolated farm, some solitary bur, or Icelandic house, built of wood, earth, fragments of lava—looking like beggars on the highway of life. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth This odious money sticks to me like so many burs, and I cannot get rid of it. Dr. Dumany's Wife We can pick up those nuts in the bur with a shovel or fork, throw them into the wagon, take them in the wagon, thresh them out. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 A year or so later still the tree made another change, and it now bears two or three nuts to the bur like the American chestnut, the nuts retain their light color and peculiar corrugation. Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the eighth annual meeting Stamford, Connecticut, September 5 and 6, 1917 And when Sir Mordred felt that he had his death's wound, he thrust himself, with the might that he had, up to the bur of king Arthur's spear. The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book "Look here, Fairy," said he, pointing to a small heap of chestnut burs piled at the foot of a tree "here's a little fortune for you already." Queechy, Volume I Well, well—Johnnie at the mill certainly is popping open like a chestnut bur. A Certain Rich Man An examination in 1944 of many unopened chestnut burs disclosed the fact that eggs of the small chestnut weevil were being deposited many weeks before the burs would open. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 The graft now in its third year is bearing one big bur. Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the eighth annual meeting Stamford, Connecticut, September 5 and 6, 1917 Her aunt's words clung to the girl like burs; and now, as they rang in her ears again, she went into the wood to have her cry out, unobserved. The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 Gypsy was too busy pulling off her burs to notice this. Gypsy's Cousin Joy One day Frisky Squirrel was playing in the woods when he came upon a chestnut bur which had lain upon the ground all winter. The Tale of Frisky Squirrel They indicated, however, that many eggs had been deposited in the nuts before the burs had reached maturity. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 One little tree among them bore a single bur at eighteen months of age and has borne steadily ever since with a heavy crop this year. Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the eighth annual meeting Stamford, Connecticut, September 5 and 6, 1917 I do declare if it isn’t supper, and I’ve got these burs to get off and my dress to mend and my shoes and stockings to change, and—Oh, dear! Gypsy Breynton The chestnut-trees were clustered on a small, rocky knoll, their golden-brown leaves fluttering in the sunlight, their great, rich, bursting green burs bending down the boughs and dropping to the ground. Gypsy's Cousin Joy This bur is from a species of herbage bearing grain, very small, and which the people make bazeen of, like ghaseb and other grain. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government A thorough application of a coarse, drenching spray at a pressure of 400 pounds per square inch was used in an attempt to force the DDT between the many spines of the burs. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 Again they have carried off bur babies to the great white house in Hongkong. The Shipwreck A Story for the Young I'm bur' you in de bush—all but de heart. The Challenge of the North The nest was usually built on a bur oak near a meadow where insects were abundant, and where no undesirable visitor could approach without being discovered. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth All feet of men, women, and animals, were to-day covered with this teasing bur. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government Each of them is bearing burs this year. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 He was a limpsey, long-legged, shaggy animal, with a ewe-neck, drooping head, and little, undecided tail, completely knotted up with burs; but then he was only five years old. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales As he had hoped, his first attempt showed him that the iron of the rivet was soft, and the keen dagger at once notched off a small piece of the burred end. The Lion of Saint Mark A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century If you light upon an impertinent talker, that sticks to you like a bur, to the disappointment of your important occasions, deal freely with him, break off the discourse, and pursue your business.—Plutarch. Many Thoughts of Many Minds A Treasury of Quotations from the Literature of Every Land and Every Age It is our constant occupation, morning and evenings, for half an hour, to pick the burs out of our clothes. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government They have borne burs, a few of them, in the past, but no nuts. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 The cattle do not eat them, as they do leaves of the peepul, bur, neem, &c. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II Not quite," answered the woman; "bur never mind them now. My Little Lady Monsieur de Gouan tells me, that the pine, of which they use the burs for fuel, is the pinus sativus, being two-leaved. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 He clung like a bur to the bovine's side, for a moment before he dropped—and everyone roared unfeelingly, in relief of the tension on the nerves. The Furnace of Gold Because of difficulty in obtaining sufficient burs for bagging, and other orchard conditions, the results of these studies were far from conclusive. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 The country is level and well studded with groves and fine single trees, bur, peepul, mhowa, mango, &c., but covered with rank grass. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II Nay, I'll give my word for her too: Our kindred are constant; they are burs, I can assure you; they'll stick where they are thrown. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 Yes, it was as richly brown as the darkest horse-chestnut you ever saw in a bursting bur! The Upas Tree A Christmas Story for all the Year Then Susy followed with a short account of Zip, and how he had stuck himself full of burs. Dotty Dimple Out West In horticultural language the fruit consists of the hard or leathery nut containing a kernel, together with the husk, hull, or bur that surrounds the nut shell. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 Neither did he seem disturbed when a rattler burred in the bunch-grass. Sundown Slim If you feel this tendency embarrassing you, be sure to listen to Holmes's advice: And when you stick on conversational burs, Don't strew your pathway with those dreadful urs. The Art of Public Speaking Look at those curves, and that wonderful polish, like the richest brown of the very darkest horse-chestnut you ever saw in a bursting bur! The Upas Tree A Christmas Story for all the Year Well, Chub—since you like it best, though at best a bur—what were you doing in that tree? Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia Abscission layers are formed and shucks, hulls, or burs split open on drying out, thus partially or wholly releasing the nuts. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 The ground was mainly covered with the leaves and burs of the pine. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 The chestnut differs from other trees in bearing burs and its bark is also distinctly characteristic. Studies of Trees The open rosewood case, with its soft white lining, was the bursting bur; and within lay his beautiful Infant! The Upas Tree A Christmas Story for all the Year The two first, however, are only absolutely necessary; bur even those on whom the third is conferred obtain for a time only the government of a city of the second or third class. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 19 of 55 1620-1621 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. Madame crushed a bur with her foot … and gasped. The Grey Cloak We passed great numbers of swine, feeding on these burs, and now and then a horned animal browsing on the cypress-moss where it hung low on the trees. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 The fruit, a large, round bur, prickly without and hairy within and enclosing the familiar dark brown, sweet edible nuts is also a distinguishing mark of the tree. Studies of Trees The whole thing carried out exactly Ronnie's favourite description of his 'cello: "just like the darkest horse-chestnut you ever saw in a bursting bur." The Upas Tree A Christmas Story for all the Year The electric bell burred softly again through the house, and the man heard it, and his eyes rested inquiringly on the door of the library. The Lifted Bandage The poet busied himself with taking some of the burs from his hair and absently plucking them to pieces. The Grey Cloak Mr. Quincy made a statement which stuck like a bur in Jack Irons' memory of that day and perhaps all the faster because he did not quite understand it. In the Days of Poor Richard His head is high and well palmed, great beamed and in good proportion, well burred and well pearled. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Curtail a bur, and leave to plague; curtail again, and leave plants. St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878 But Leo heard none of these ill-natured remarks, and, if he had, would not have minded them any more than he did the burs which clung to his garments as he rambled through the woods. Prince Lazybones and Other Stories By Mrs. W. J. Hays It could be likened to no color other than that russet gold which lines the chestnut bur. The Grey Cloak Here and there, indeed, the walls widened somewhat through some fault in the rook, bur for the most part his elbows grazed the sides each time he moved them. A Maid of the Silver Sea We fall asleep to the accompaniment of the tiny piping of the little people in bur garden. The House in Good Taste At d is needed a hollow pivot, fashioned out of a quarter of an inch of pencil-point protector or some other thin tube, burred over slightly at the ends so as not to fall out. Things To Make About ten thousand pounds of wool were sheared, burred, packed, marked, and perhaps shipped, in a day. Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 As yet he has brought back from these forbidden raids nothing more than a few ticks and millions of burs. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 Seeds, we are told, may be transported to a new soil, either wind-borne or water-borne, carried in the stomachs of birds, or clinging by their burs to the fur of animals. New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments Abdallah peeled them in such a way as to remove the bur entire, and brought them to our grassy "board" on pure white porcelain plates garnished with wreaths of fragrant flowers. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 How he 'burred' and buzzed and droned!—till by-and-by, crawling up the back of my head, he found an open space and sailed away. The Amateur Poacher "Have you pulled the burs off the chestnuts?" Ted Strong's Motor Car Never was fish hook more cleverly made than this hook of the bur seed. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. Then there are myriads of burs which cling to you in green and brown scales of roughness, and fringe your petticoats with their sticky little lumps. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 We may perhaps draw from bur inner consciousness elaborate and interesting pictures of the two men confronting each other, but we must not forget that they will be pure imagination. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul Smith observes, "are children aware, as they blow away the seeds of dandelion, or stick burs in sport upon each other's clothes, that they are fulfilling one of the great ends of nature." The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 540, March 31, 1832 His ribs showed sharp, and his tail was full of burs, while his short and scraggy mane was missing in spots. Ted Strong's Motor Car I threw a bur upon his coat now-and-then; but none would stick. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 9 Somerset gets its name from a Saxon tribe, but its earliest inhabitants, like those of the southern half of bur island generally, were Britons or Celts, and the Saxon invasion was preceded by the Roman. Somerset "As I'll report, sir!" said the sentry, not so convinced but he burred something further into the chauffeur's ear. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form We made bur work-room spacious enough for us to carry on all our manufactures, and it served also for our cart-house. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island How the short, pithy, sententious sayings cling to the memory like burs! The Teaching of Jesus He is not a cur," replied Goldsmith; "he is only a bur. Samuel Johnson Baumberger sticks to him like a bur to a dog's tail. Good Indian One, at a gallop, even now, to report Tidings to our Rinaldo of the wrong, I sent; bur fear that he can ill resort To him in time, the journey is so long. Orlando Furioso Her gown was torn and dusty, and fringed with burs and briars. The House Behind the Cedars His throat seemed full of knobs and burs. The Red Badge of Courage The bur stuck till the end of Johnson's life. Samuel Johnson Thor was uncommunicative that morning, and would only talk about how he would rather get a sand bur in his toe every day than wear shoes and stockings. The Song of the Lark Before her wondering eyes the Harvester hung queer branches, burs, nuts, berries, and trailing vines with curious seed pods. The Harvester Father, I want permission to cut and carry a generous chestnut branch, burred, and full fruited, to the young woman. Laddie; a true blue story A bird sits on the next bough, life-everlasting grows under the table, and blackberry vines run round its legs; pine cones, chestnut burs, and strawberry leaves are strewn about. Walden Shallow rectangular pockets of perforated nickel-steel were fitted in the holes and then burred over the framework by high pressures. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 When she replied, she startled him; he had forgotten how hard and full of burs her speaking voice was. The Song of the Lark From yet another machine came tens of thousands of steel burs to fit upon these bolts. The Jungle Then read my fancies; they will stick like burs, And may be, to the helpless, comforters. The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John Bunyan These small burs are filled with a crimson pulp containing many seeds. Little Journey to Puerto Rico For Intermediate and Upper Grades And all the way not one rough bur, But the dewiest, freshest grasses, That whisper thanks to every foot that passes! The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 I frequently see a red or gray squirrel cast down a green chestnut bur, as I am going through the woods, and I used to think, sometimes, that they were cast at me. Excursions He stuck like a bur, and it was minutes before I got him well started off in his own right direction. Strong Hearts Eli's been drunk some, bur his girls are really a good deal of help. In the Valley The leaves are heart-shaped; and the rosy flowers are followed by fuzzy red-and-yellow pods, something like chestnut burs. Little Journey to Puerto Rico For Intermediate and Upper Grades The ball pads being well protected by the spaniel toe-tufts, are less likely to be wounded by the thorns and burs with which our woods are crowded during the winter season. The Dog Why are you sticking to me like burs to sheep's wool?… The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy On any Terms I abhor existence; bur on those, darkness and hell are not so hateful! Anna St. Ives The character of this journal was mainly political; but there are also a few flowers and sweet-scented twigs of literature intermixed among the nettles and burs, which alone flourish in the arena of party strife. Biographical Sketches (From: "Fanshawe and Other Pieces") Domesday Book also mentions a class of men called burs or geburs, who were the same as coliberti; also the commendati, who received privileges in return for services rendered to the lord of the manor. English Villages Phrases for Study: rival for one hour, hush of woods, belated, thriftless vagrant, count like misers, satin burs, count all your boasts, idle, golden freighting. The Elson Readers, Book 5 "Look here, Fairy," said he, pointing to a small heap of chestnut burs piled at the foot of a tree,—"here's a little fortune for you already." Queechy But we have to struggle and to struggle; and, having to-day shaken off the burs that hung about us, tomorrow we give a glance and perceive them sticking as closely and as thick as ever! Anna St. Ives Accordingly as we answer this question so will the measure of bur wisdom be both here and hereafter. The Elements of Character The English colonists, not only kept up variances among themselves, bur also perplexed the governor with their complaints of hardships and grievances. An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1 Trusty dropped the burs on the field and trotted to the wood. The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories To the very top of the tall nut-trees The frost-king seemed to ride; With his wand he stirs the chestnut burs, And straight they are opened wide. Queechy He is not a cur," replied Goldsmith, "you are too severe; he is only a bur. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography Thus, by reason of that deficiency in the habitual application of conscience to bur lives, we slide through, and take for granted that all our ways are right in our eyes. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes And chestnuts too! burred from the spring's long flowers; June's, when their tree-tops streamed delirious showers Of blossoming silver, cool, crepuscular, And like a nebulous radiance shone afar.— Poems The burs of the common species are densely covered with long prickles, which are slightly hooked at the apex. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Some of the burs are still shut tight,— Some open with chestnuts three,— And some nuts fall with no burs at all— Smooth, shiny, as nuts should be. Queechy Finally, nebulous stars exist in every stage of concentration, down to that state in which we see only a common star with a slight bur around it. Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation The time was, sir, when my brother Ned and I were two poor, simple-hearted boys, wandering almost barefoot to seek bur fortunes. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction At six the following morning, therefore, Walter entered the tower, which he fastened within as strongly as iron burs would admit, and which was secured outside in a manner equally firm. Thaumaturgia Mr. Cockerell kindly sent me some burs of both forms, and from these I raised in my garden last year a nice lot of the common, as well as of the Wootoni plants. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Most mountaineers refer to it as "that queer little pine-tree covered all over with burs." The Mountains of California And there were true nettles with green blossoms, and burs, sorrel, thistles, and notch-weed; all the ugliest, burning, stinging, evil-smelling plants, which nobody likes, and which grow on dust-heaps, waste land, and mud. In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales Till you grow tender as a chick, I'm dull as any post; Let us like burs together stick, And warm as any toast. The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe The low-spreading branches of a beautiful bur oak shaded the little stream where it gushed from the outcropping limestone. Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3) But in the woods, the oak has stored her treasures in the acorn; the chestnut, in its bur which holds the nut so safely. The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children All kinds of burs, big and little, are now cut off and showered down alike, and the ground is speedily covered with them. The Mountains of California Then his stomach turned cold and his tongue grew thick and burred. Aladdin O'Brien "We heard it, of course, bur could scarcely believe it possible." A Sweet Girl Graduate The other would have been pleased to know why Keith found it "interesting" and what he meant by that other phrase, bur forbore to inquire. South Wind Here is something different, rounded like a nut-shell; you can split off one side, and behold there is the nut lying snugly as does any chestnut in its bur! The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children We think it should be "bur-oak," and this for the simple reason, that the name is derived from the fact that the acorn borne by this tree is partially covered with a bur. Oak Openings "The old chap bowed like a prince and then his voice burred like a buzz saw as he answered, 'Remember I did not ask you for him!'" The Prospector And for the same reason they stick burs and mugwort on the gate or the hedge through which the cows go to pasture, because that is supposed to be a preservative against witchcraft. The Golden Bough Soldiers from Somerset used many old Saxon words which puzzled their cockney friends, and the Lancashire men brought the northern bur with them and the grit of the northern spirit. Now It Can Be Told It is an interesting inquiry how the squirrel knew the burs would open if left to know, but thought the experiment worth trying. Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers One of them obeyed, and coming near to Manabozho he presented him the end of his own bushy tail, which was now nicely seasoned with burs gathered in the course of the hunt. The Junior Classics — Volume 1 Even the children, who make dolls and baskets of burdock burs, aid them in their insatiate love of travel. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors With their fingers they pull out thorns and burs, and hunt for each other's parasites. The Descent of Man I remember one young Irish officer who came down to bur quarters on a brief respite from commanding the garrison at Hooge. Now It Can Be Told The burs were ripe, and had just begun to divide, not "threefold," but fourfold, "to show the fruit within." Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers "Ah!" said Gelis, as he burs out laughing "that is not in the text." The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard Nevertheless the unpaid cattle, like every other beast and man, must nolens volens transplant the burs far away from the parent plant to found new colonies. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors The Legitimate kingdom was but the political expression for the hereditary rule of the landlords, as the July monarchy was bur the political expression for the usurped rule of the bourgeois upstarts. Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte Nor would it have endured so long, bur for the more gentle temper of Huascar, the only party who had ground for complaint. History of the Conquest of Peru; with a preliminary view of the civilization of the Incas Walking through the early October woods one day, I came upon a place where the ground was thickly strewn with very large unopened chestnut burs. Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers Above all, he saw Naomi going before him in her shame, and at that sight his heart bled and his spirit burred. The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable And when Sir Mordred felt that he had his death wound he thrust himself with the might that he had up to the bur of King Arthur's spear. Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 Very easily distinguished by its dense, erect spines, which so completely cover the plant as to give it the appearance of a large chestnut bur. North American Species of Cactus A thorn or a bur She takes for a spur; With a lash of a bramble she rides now, Through brakes and through briars, O'er ditches and mires, She follows the spirit that guides now. A selection from the lyrical poems of Robert Herrick As I proceeded to collect and open the burs, I was half prepared to hear an audible protest from the trees about, for I constantly fancied myself watched by shy but jealous eyes. Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers The saddle and saddle-cloth were innocent of bur or sticker; the back was smooth and unbroken. Moon-Face On examination I found that every bur had been cut square off with about an inch of the stem adhering, and not one had been left on the tree. Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers |
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