| 单词 | burr |
| 例句 | It was covered with an old faded red blanket full of fox tails and burrs and sand, for he took it on all his collecting trips. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He landed in a clump of burdock beside the road and then burst out covered in burrs. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Beetle liked to watch the cat stretching in the sunshine, combing his belly with his tongue, chewing the burrs and stubble out from between his toes. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Slowly, I worked my hands through it, picking out tiny burrs and dust flecks so that it would be clean for Mama to spin. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Of course, one of them was Smitty, who was stuck to my side like a burr. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z A mother gray squirrel ran out on the limb of a burr oak tree. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But she walked without regard to burrs or thorns, for as she stepped forth the ground beneath her became carpeted with fluorescent rose petals. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He was sticking close to Dustfinger, close as a burr, and he didn’t like the gutted cottage. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Nhamo had steadfastly refused to do this since the horrifying moment when she saw the wall spider with the burr stuck on top. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It stuck in die mind like one of those spiny sticker burrs they had in the South, in Florida, small hooked seeds that lurk in the grass. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was poor Silky she was thinking of: His chestnut coat dulled with lack of care, burrs stuck in his forelock, he was distrustful of humans, and prone to bite, at least at first.... The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Their clothes were torn and snagged by briars, burrs were clinging to them. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In my mind, the teachers who fit that description were the football coaches with the burr haircuts and quick tempers. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z We had to be very careful because the field was full of burrs and sting weeds. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “Nervous?” he asked with the harsh burr a Siaru accent makes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “If they get a burr in their britches about something, they will. But I don’t expect you’ve got anything to worry about. Stay out of their way. That’d be my advice.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He’d drop the knotted reins if he felt like it, maybe to pick a burr out of his boot or sweep off his red cap and wipe his face with his shirtsleeve. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Well, Idella,” she said, “what have you got a burr under your tail about now?” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z His ears and coat were plastered with autumn’s burrs and Spanish needles. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Thus I plucked at my worried thoughts that stuck like burrs in my brain. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Jackson Park was one square mile of desolation, mostly treeless, save for pockets of various kinds of oak—burr, pin, black, and scarlet—rising from a tangled undergrowth of elder, wild plum, and willow. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I see a raven by the side of the road, picking at a porcupine that’s been run over by a car, its quills like a huge burr, its guts pink and scrambled like eggs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z There are burrs and stickers on the path up the hill, and usually I wouldn’t take it without sneakers, but if there’s burrs and stickers in my feet, I hardly feel ’em. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Those two guys in the creek. They won’t miss them for a while. Besides, you said you wanted to put a burr in some britches. Well, here’s your chance.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I spent the morning bathing him and combing him and picking burrs out of his tail and ticks off of his ears. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z She was terribly aware of the man’s suit, the burrs clinging to it, the material old and worn and snagged by briars, the man’s shoes on her feet, the battered old hat. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “The way I see it, those two fellas are the foreigners and I’d like to put a burr in their britches before they get too comfortable around here.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z His hair was cut short in a military burr. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When I did see him and the gang, he would gibe, “Man, I had to comb the burrs out of my homeboy’s head, and now he’s got a Beacon Hill chick.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z At the farm, Hendrik combed the burrs from Mole’s hair and gave him a bath. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Distracted, I touched a wrong note and there was a burr in the music. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A little more sunshine to ripen the nut, then, not a boy’s impatient shake, but a man’s hand reached up to pick it gently from the burr, and find the kernal sound and sweet. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Wasn’t silly, wasn’t always twiddling her plaits, didn’t tattle or gossip, didn’t hit boys over the head with books or scrape the back of your neck with a sweetgum burr when you weren’t looking. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z In his loincloth and war paint, his hair matted with burrs and feathers, he really did look like a wild creature, small and fierce among the towering goldenrod and thistles. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z It had gotten tangled, and there were sticky burrs in it from the prairie. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She looked like a wall spider with a burr stuck to its head. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z While she pulled the burrs from his coat, she scolded him for the recklessness of his flight. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “For me it is. I just got that kid quieted down and you put burrs under his blanket.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z There were burrs and leaves in the lion's mane. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “He lives west of here in a cave. He wears a bearskin coat, has long hair—all matted and full of burrs—and according to him he fishes for a living.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “The water of life? Do I detect a Scottish burr? Any other languages besides German?” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Nhamo hadn’t looked into a mirror since the day she thought she resembled a wall spider with a burr on top. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can I help you?” he asked, his voice thick with the harsh burr a Siaru accent makes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Being loyal to the one who owned me gave me prickly thoughts, like burrs trapped in my shift, pressing into my skin with every step. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Mary Alice followed wit h plenty of room, though she didn’t like to get burrs in her hair. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z In the daylight they were a mess, splashed up to their necks in mud, covered in burrs and tendrils. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He makes his annual appearance at the Ferry fair in Queensferry, Scotland, every August and his name derives from the costume he wears, which is made from burrs taken from the burdock plant. Savage, beautiful and surviving: photos from the wild side 2012-06-26T14:21:42Z This comes almost entirely from Steve, whose midlife anxieties — including an elusive, married lover and a neglectful agent — are the burr under the movie’s saddle. Review: In ‘The Trip to Spain,’ Everything Tastes Stale 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z After the slightest bit of burr to his top notes early on, they were pure and ringing by the end, and his “Una furtiva lagrima” began conversationally before breaking into golden rhapsody. With Different Singers, One Opera Classic Can Seem Like Two 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Narrator Euan Morton delivers the novel in a wonderful range of voices and accents — his Scottish burr is especially engaging, and his wry manner iswonderfully suited to the novel’s sardonic wit and trapdoor plot. Review | For your playlist: The best new audiobooks of the month 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z Half nag, all guru, he burrs wise words about wrangling men and beasts, one's primal nature and one's animal altruism. Buck – review 2012-05-26T21:40:01Z It looked tired and kind of sad, with twigs and burrs stuck in its fur. Her dog went missing in the middle of the pandemic — and a neighborhood of strangers found a mission 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z With evidence of new crimes unfolding each week, and Jared and Dennis clinging to him like vigilante burrs, it seems like only a matter of time for Gates. TV OD with Rhik Samadder: Line Of Duty 2012-07-13T23:05:00Z He has a slight burr to his voice. The Sovereign Light Cafe by William Boyd: a short story inspired by Keane 2012-06-16T08:00:00Z An electric burr grinder will save you a lot of effort; they start from as little as £40. Higher ground: the expert guide to making the perfect cup of coffee at home 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z But on the page, at least, he is present, lively and pouring forth, though the hints of his distinctive burr may send you heading for the audiobook instead. Brian Cox Takes Stock of His Eventful Life on Stage and Screen 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z What you get with the Vario is a bump from a hardened steel conical burr — which wears down over time — to a flat ceramic burr, which Baratza says remains sharp at least twice as long. Great gear for making coffee 2012-09-16T16:00:00Z Her vocal dropped a few registers, cockney giving way to a mid-Atlantic burr. Laura Marling: 'Americans – they're just a lot more poetic' 2013-04-27T23:04:02Z But as a singer Leithauser is not a smoothie — there’s often a burr in his voice — and he sometimes pushes his baritone much higher. D.C. native Hamilton Leithauser feels right at home at the Hamilton His singing with its strong Scottish burr may be far from beautiful, but it is bluntly expressive. Music Review: Alan Cumming at Feinstein?s at Loews Regency 2010-04-28T20:31:00Z "I wouldn't say I'm really shy," he says in a soft Glasgow burr. Guardian first album award: Rustie 2012-02-09T20:00:04Z Instead he is English, 57 years old, and has nothing more exotic than a slight West Country burr. David Chipperfield: master of permanence 2011-02-06T00:06:23Z At the eye of this not-so-quiet storm is an atypical soul singer: White's dry, laconic burr lends a further wrinkle of intrigue to the group's country honk. Matthew E White – review 2013-01-24T17:46:03Z Rosita, who stashed a gun of her own and ordered Eugene to make her a bullet, seems determined to be the burr in the Saviors’ saddle. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7, Episode 4: Negan Takes Over 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z "It's a curious thing," he says, in his soft burr. Tim Pears's 'small acts of resistance' 2010-03-18T14:00:00Z As on the album, Mr. Plant squared the silvery burr of his singing voice against an expertly adaptable backdrop, courtesy of the mostly English backing band he calls the Sensational Space Shifters. Robert Plant With Led Zeppelin Hits and More 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z There is a burr of cicada and birdsong, and the mountains are a distant blue beyond a row of cypress trees. Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan: 'Work-wise, Steve's terrific. On a personal level, appalling' 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z It leaves no room for the actors’ originality or personality, and no burrs of gesture or inflection for a viewer’s imagination to get caught on. Oliver Stone’s “Snowden” Reviewed 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z For my true love gave to me … four collie burrs, three friend chins, two Turtle duffs, and a park ridge in a bare tree. Style Invitational Week 1104: HOW’s this? Compare 2 things with the same abbrev. 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Listening to it now, the sonic burrs are still there, but so is a playful, mischievous sensibility that perhaps wasn’t so obvious the first time around. | : Sept. 19 ? 25 2010-09-16T16:11:00Z In a Scottish burr, a man counted down from 10. After a Breakup, an App to Help Breathe, Then Run 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z He was sometimes criticised and even ridiculed for never changing his deep, abrasive, slightly sibilant Scottish burr no matter if he were playing an Irishman, an Arab or a Russian. Sir Sean Connery obituary 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z "Seventy years old!" he rages in his distinctive Lancastrian burr, like syrup on sandpaper. Ian McShane: rogue trader 2013-03-16T08:59:01Z The sound of the fortepiano is more varied across the registers than that of a modern-day grand, here featuring a harplike middle register, a lower range with a satisfying burr and a sparkling top octave. American Classical Orchestra Ends Its Season in ‘Prague’ 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z It’s an essential part of musical traditions around the world, from the continuous bleat of a bagpipe, to the om-like hum that gives Indian ragas their spacious feeling, to the cavernous burr of a didgeridoo. Johann Johannsson’s ‘Drone Mass’ Bridges Ancient and Modern at Temple of Dendur 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z “Boys will stick to the younger sister like the slick of mango juice. A trinity of men will feel the love of her like casha bush burring their scalp in sleep.” The Virgin Islands, Rewritten 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z I think he was brought in as a burr that we remember in Ethan’s shoe. No One Can Needle Tom Cruise Like Henry Czerny Can 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z It's a big sound without being ponderous, and sticks in your head like a burr. Lady Gaga's new gay anthem 2011-02-14T06:01:00Z Then she makes a crown for herself, like a kid has on TV, out of burrs. Beverly Cleary, Age 100 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Untangling burrs from his dog’s fur after an Alpine hunting trip prompted the Swiss engineer George de Mestral to develop Velcro fabric fastener in the 1940s and 1950s. A Compendium of Everyday Genius 2010-08-15T16:53:00Z The scene in which her father patiently and kindly copes with Ramona’s burrs might just finish you off. Beverly Cleary, Age 100 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Evenings spent out in the yard, piecing apart the Ford his father drove – sill-lines, cogwheels, dippers fanned round him, working each burr to a touch. Saturday poem: The Sour House 2010-04-09T23:06:00Z His growly burr certainly adds to the shaggy charm, at once laid-back and aggressive, that he projects here. Movie Review: ‘Playing for Keeps,’ by Gabriele Muccino 2012-12-06T23:03:59Z The coppery burr of muted brasses emerged from the back of the orchestra, as if from a great distance, before a frightening descent into Expressionist madness. Review: The Minnesota Orchestra’s White Light and White Heat 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z Holden, the analyst, has a thoughtful tension in his voice, and hint of a Scottish burr. The England vs. Croatia World Cup Match Made for Some Awkward Television 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z The crackly recording of Requiem for a Heavyweight features Connery's unmistakably Scottish burr despite the character being written as an American. Early Connery TV recording unearthed 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z “They’re examples of people,” he continued, speaking with a pronounced Scottish burr. Obsessions and Compulsions at the Park Avenue Armory 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z And when he sang, the gentle Scottish burr of his speaking voice made way for American pronunciation. Paolo Nutini Promotes ‘Caustic Love’ at the Apollo Theater 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Spread over so many players, the violins’ busy scales and joyful trills in the final Presto created a beehivelike burr humming with energy. Music Review: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra at Carnegie Hall 2014-02-28T00:08:27Z Exaggerating some of the singer’s vocal qualities — the basso burr and steel-wool growls — he instead adds value while suggesting character. How Do You Measure a Season on Broadway? In Cast Albums. 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z It's the hole out of which that beautiful burr of a voice comes. There's no pretending in Chrissie Hynde's spare, deft memoir 'Reckless' 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Reid's voice veers from Midlands burr to anguished falsetto as he wails about his dear departed. New band of the day – Boy Kid Cloud (No 1,296) 2012-06-27T16:37:38Z He inserted one end of the saw into the first burr hole and guided it to the second hole. Brain surgery with a tree saw: How one neurosurgeon changed the game for a Tanzanian hospital 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z On the sixth and final day of Milan fashion week, knows critics for once grudgingly acknowledged the Caten brother duo’s display of true grit for sticking like a burr to a theme. | Giorgio Armani Wins! 2011-03-02T03:12:53Z Meanwhile, my desiccated yard in Marfa is filled with burrs and gopher holes. My sister’s perfect life 2012-07-04T00:00:00Z This architectural jewelry box mimics a Georgian townhouse and features several types of wood: The parquetry is made from sycamore and harewood, and the brickwork is burr walnut. A David Linley Jewelry Box Is on the Block 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z There is the sleekness of her sentences, and the burrs. The Kathleen Collins Revival Continues With ‘Notes From a Black Woman’s Diary’ 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z "I was a television version of a person with a broken heart," Matt Berninger notes mordantly in Pink Rabbits, voice all whiskey burr and molten honey, while the piano outdoes itself in sentimentality. The National: Trouble Will Find Me – review 2013-05-16T20:30:02Z In the meantime, Bakke, newly remarried and newly released from the daily grind of being CEO, has been thinking about burr grinders and single-origin espressos, wondering how to optimize their individual flavor profiles. One American’s quest to teach Italy — the motherland of espresso — how to do it better 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z I was drunk and people were speaking with a heavy burr and I just nodded a lot. The insiders' guide to the Edinburgh Fringe 2013-07-30T07:35:47Z And in the composer Paul Dessau, he recognized a fellow burr under the saddle. A New Album Reflects a Composer’s Stubborn Versatility 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z The one I chose cost many zeros fewer than, oh, $45 million, but its sound was rich and bright, with a pleasing hint of rough burr when I dug into the low strings. Critic’s Notebook: A Critic Donates His Cello, His Musical Past, to WQXR 2014-04-04T18:05:57Z He also converses with his pets, who talk back, the cat in a menacing Scottish burr and the dog in a genial drawl. Ryan Reynolds as a Killer in ‘The Voices’ 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z The professionals almost uniformly recommend a burr grinder, which crushes not chops your coffee to a precise and uniform size. Higher ground: the expert guide to making the perfect cup of coffee at home 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z The A.T.M. machine greeted us out loud and, for some reason, with a light Scottish burr: “Please input your secret code” and then, “What would you like to do?” Exploring the Surf in Sri Lanka 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z To remove any burrs, sand lightly with 220-grit sandpaper before painting. Why does the paint keep peeling on my bathroom vanity? 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z At the park, grass seeds and burrs catch in his woolly mop of black fur. Pot-loving dogs: why cannabis extract is the new trend for our pets 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z I mind me how with a lover's care From my Sunday coatI brushed off the burrs, and smoothed my hair, And cooled at the brookside my brow and throat. Poem of the week: Telling the Bees by John Greenleaf Whittier 2012-06-11T16:30:08Z You don't need high-tech espresso machines, fancy tampers or complicated burr grinders. 5 tools for making better coffee at home, according to caffeine aficionados 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z “That didn’t feel very close to civilization, but here we are,” said Mr. Yu, picking burrs from his pants. Next Stop: Hiking in Hawaii?s Waimea Valley 2011-12-02T14:36:36Z Enough to put a little scrape and burr in his voice. For New Holiday Albums, It Takes All Kinds 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z The Senate version of the bill, which is more consumer-friendly, would require a study on airline seat size, long a burr under the saddle of economy-class passengers. This bill makes it unlawful to remove passengers from planes. But that’s not enough. 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z When my countertop burr grinder broke, I picked up this slender, portable grinder from my local coffee shop: It turns out it’s a keeper! 19 gifts that make life easier in the kitchen for cooks and food lovers 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z It took a moment to spot the fragment, initially: fist-size and unnaturally smooth, nestled between shrubs teeming with burrs in an endless expanse of arid plains. Aussie Farmers Unleash Dinosaur Rush as Fossil Findings Rewrite History 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z For weeks, Mr. Johnson has been a burr under the saddle. Boris Johnson’s Comeback Hopes May Be Dimmer Than He Thinks 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z A mild-mannered woman who spoke with a soft Scottish burr, Ms. Miller was the expert in charge of “miscellaneous and ceramics” on “Antiques Roadshow,” which began in 1979 and she joined in 2007. Judith Miller, ‘Antiques Roadshow’ Mainstay, Is Dead at 71 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z He reported that the prisons considered my group, a prison reform nonprofit, a “burr under their saddle.” Opinion | Harry Whittington taught us prison reformers could be Republicans 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z My socks and boots have been filled with oat seeds, burr clover and field parsley. Opinion | How to beat back the brush, wherever you are 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z For example, a gentleman in the 1940s observed that the burr seeds that stuck to his clothes and his dog’s fur had a tiny hook structure. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z When the virus comes into contact with the ACE2 protein, it latches on with its exterior spike protein like a burr snagged on a sock. What Genetics Can—and Cannot—Reveal about an Individual’s COVID Risk 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z He starts by grinding beans with a burr grinder, which aficionados prefer to a blade grinder for its consistency and precision. Where coffee is king, meet the man transforming coffee dregs into art 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Not too long after his report to us, Whittington became a bigger burr. Opinion | Harry Whittington taught us prison reformers could be Republicans 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z As you smooth out any burrs on the metal that lines skis or a board, Black says, “You want to hear the edge grind.” How to wax your own skis or snowboard 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z On closer inspection, he discovered that the burrs’ gripping device was more reliable than a zipper. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z They perform exquisitely, making high-quality espresso shots with excellent crema provided you pair them with a conical burr grinder that can produce fine powder levels of ground coffee. The best espresso machines in 2021 | Provided by ST Content Studio 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Certainly Mr. Paffrath has been a burr in the governor’s side. Rising Democrat candidate Kevin Paffrath creates recall headaches for Gavin Newsom 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z It’s a burr grinder as well, which is the best way to grind coffee beans. The ultimate hotel room coffee-making guide 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z Swiss engineer George de Mestral invented Velcro in 1955 after he pulled the burrs off his dog’s fur and his own clothing after a walk and put them under the microscope. Penicillin Wasn’t Alexander Fleming’s First Major Discovery 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z Investigators said they saw burrs on the woman’s pants – an apparent clue that she’d been in the woods, and began to search an area between the school, the neighbors and the woman’s own home. Michigan deputies rescue abandoned 4-month-old left in woods 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z A: Peeling paint is a burr under the saddle of many homeowners, I’m afraid, and the causes are numerous. Take precautions to keep exterior paint from peeling 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z The burrs ended in tiny hooks that caught on Milka’s soft fur. Perspective | Velcro-style closures used to be only on clothes. What are they doing on dog food? 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z This process let them assemble a detailed map of each tree, showing burrs, twigs and other features as small as a few centimeters. Towering Sequoias Are Even Bigger Than Thought, Laser Scans Suggest 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Price: ~$53 Amazon Capresso Infinity conical burr grinder If you want really good coffee, you need to grind it just before you brew it. The Verge home tech holiday gift guide 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z That imbalance long predates Big Tech’s involvement in the field, but the failure of music-driven tech companies to properly compensate musicians is clearly the largest burr under Azoff’s saddle. 'He's our Satan': Mega music manager Irving Azoff, still feared, still fighting 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z A heart bearing an abstracted pattern is actually laden with burrs; another is painted on a repurposed army jacket. How Linda Stark transforms kitschy hearts into visceral symbols of love and valor 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Velcro, for example, was inspired by the hook-like structure of plant burrs. Can’t crush this: Beetle armor gives clues to tougher planes 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z “We’re trying to get rid of all of the hardwood trees except the burr oak and white oak. Those are the two species we’re leaving. It’s going to look a lot different.” A return to the past with oak savannas in Dane County parks 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z A nagging detail sticks in Christina Burke’s mind like a burr. ‘I Can’t Turn My Brain Off’: PTSD and Burnout Threaten Medical Workers 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z I liken it to the difference between using a burr coffee grinder that presses the beans and a grinder with a rotating blade. Baseball season always means my mom’s chicken. Without the games, it’s filling a void. 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z The flypaper and the burrs were in my immediate environment, so it was seeing them daily that familiarized me with the material. How Linda Stark transforms kitschy hearts into visceral symbols of love and valor 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z In fall, the tree would erupt again, this time in spiny burrs sheltering sweetness. Can Genetic Engineering Bring Back the American Chestnut? 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z It was not odd to see teenaged boys in hoodies burring their skateboards in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene Park, while joggers and dog-walkers milled about as the sun set on a mild March evening. Skateboarders roam, restaurateurs fret as coronavirus fears clear New York after dark 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z “In the local vernacular: I have a burr under my saddle — I want the name changed,” he said. In Lone Pine, a lawyer fights to change campground's derogatory name. The town pushes back 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z I walk along the shoulder of a highway wearing a hair shirt – my jumper is covered in burrs. I gave up everything I enjoy: my day of dopamine fasting, the latest Silicon Valley craze | Brigid Delaney 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z He speaks with a thick Bristolian burr, loudly and quickly, a surprise to people who have heard his music – which can be dark and claustrophobic – and expect a moody personality to match. Tricky: ‘I’ve lost people before and bounced back. This is different’ 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Inner plastic bags trapped Darling 58 pollen the scientists applied in June, Newhouse explained, while outer metal mesh bags kept squirrels away from the developing burrs. Can Genetic Engineering Bring Back the American Chestnut? 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z The estuary was once a sanctuary for this endangered species until the constant burr of jackhammering and welding chased them away. One of the world's longest bridges opens this week, linking Hong Kong and mainland China. That's stirring concern - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z “You just want to sand all the burrs away. So, you have to clean and clean and clean.” ‘True Detective’ Director Cary Fukunaga Is Bringing His Obsessions to Netflix 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z “But I know it’s really a burr under his saddle.” Build Border Wall or Government Will Be Shut Down, Trump Says 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Someone challenged Clark to leg wrestling and then promptly lay down in bunch of sand burrs. Mitchell’s River Riders close in on 30th year 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z Almost no one has experience extracting the soft, sweet nut from the imposing burr. Can Genetic Engineering Bring Back the American Chestnut? 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z The whole suit is very heavy and covered in little beasties that come crawling out of the burrs. Unleash the Burryman! Britain's weirdest folk rituals 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z When I received it, the f-holes had major burrs, the frets buzzed and it had... Is Gibson, a Totem of Guitar Godhead, Headed for Chapter 11? 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z British-born Mackenzie does a lovely Scottish burr, softens his voice for women and offers slight differences for each character. With days like these, take time to listen and laugh 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z These range from a prickly study of weed burrs to a scanning-electron-microscope shot of trichomes, hairs that stud tomato leaves like “dark lollipops” and give the plant its pungent odour. The laws of the cosmos, solar-power challenges and Darwin’s contribution to geology: Books in brief 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z That fall, the branches of Darling’s tree produced burrs covered in green spines so thick and sharp they could have been mistaken for cactuses. Can Genetic Engineering Bring Back the American Chestnut? 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z He is completely covered, except for his hands, with thousands of prickly burrs. Unleash the Burryman! Britain's weirdest folk rituals 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z When I received it, the f-holes had major burrs, the frets buzzed and it had some flaws on the finish. Is Gibson, a Totem of Guitar Godhead, Headed for Chapter 11? 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z “Red Sparrow” hardly improves on “The Hunt for Red October”, released in 1990, in which Sean Connery mumbles a few lines in Russian, then speaks with a modest, generically foreign twinge to his Scottish burr. Language is the last frontier for Hollywood film-makers 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Screw the burr grinder into the top of the funnel. This silent coffee grinder will save your ears and break your caffeine habit 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Sichuan peppercorns that paralyze the lips and turn speech to a burr, and Thai bird chilies that immolate everything they touch. Asian-American Cuisine’s Rise, and Triumph 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Up top, he wears a balaclava-type hood, also covered in burrs, with space left for his eyes so he can see, and his mouth so he can drink whisky through a straw. Unleash the Burryman! Britain's weirdest folk rituals 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z It was one of those “little things that are sort of aesthetic burrs in your saddle”. George Saunders: ‘When I get praise, it helps me be a little bit more brave’ 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z The alternative, a burr grinder, features two pieces of metal with teeth that cut the coffee into progressively smaller pieces. Brewing a Great Cup of Coffee Depends on Chemistry and Physics 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z They also wear the jackets at home in Elizaville, to guard against burrs in the pasture that could become matted in their wool. Counting Days Until Sheep Return to a Manhattan Churchyard 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z Or when a mother watches her daughter cling to her son: "She sticks to him, sure as a burr: her arms and legs thorny and cleaving." Jesmyn Ward, Heir to Faulkner, Probes the Specter of Race In the South 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z He puts on long johns and a long-sleeved T-shirt, then these burrs are slapped on. Unleash the Burryman! Britain's weirdest folk rituals 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z “The role, by definition, is a burr under the saddle for the powers that be,” she said. New York Times axes editing jobs in favour of '100 more reporters' 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z There is contention over how to optimize grind settings when using a burr grinder, though. Brewing a Great Cup of Coffee Depends on Chemistry and Physics 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z That Mr. Allan’s voice is as harrowing ever is a relief, and also indisputable, because his new single “Mess Me Up” is so slickly produced and written it threatens to flatten his burrs. The Playlist: Matt Ox Delivers the Sound of This Second 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z With the air of a rogue spy armed with his vaping pen and a Scottish burr pitched to a gloomily barbed mumble, Bonnar is a consistently funny, standout presence on a show crowded with them. Overrated/Underrated: The sadness of a Johnny Depp theme park ride, and Slowdive makes a welcome comeback 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z “I don’t like much really, do I? But what I do like,” he burrs northernly, “I love passionately.” Pet Shop Boys – 10 of the best 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z Having studied at the feet – literally – of Shankar, Harrison’s understanding of Indian music had deepened beyond the naive sitar burr heard three years previously on the Beatles’ Norwegian Wood. Macca’s banjo, Mellotron and a Monkee: the story of George Harrison’s Wonderwall Music 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Optical and infrared cameras and ultrasonic sensors would then guide a rotary burr to gradually pare away excess toenails. Shoreview researcher makes gadgets for older adults 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z If the measure are granted it would stop the VA from clearing burr oaks, northern red oaks, tulip poplars and a 500-year-old oak tree from the land near Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis. Environmentalists sue VA, hope to save old-growth forest 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z The desktop today is akin to what mainframes were in the past: an imposing, burring, gargantuan construction that you only resort to when you really need to get some heavy work done. The iPhone's new chip should worry Intel 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z He spent more than a quarter century teaching animal husbandry and genetics at Colorado State University, and became a naturalized American citizen, but he spoke with the lilting Scottish burr of his early years. Thomas Sutherland, the Magnanimous Hostage 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z I shredded that at a wedding by fooling around with a groomsman in some tall grass, which apparently contained burrs. Will these Pryma headphones make me feel more like Beyoncé? 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z It all began with a scene that I read in a biography, which stuck like a burr in my mind. We’ve been expecting you, Ms Bond: why fiction needs more female spies 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z Knight is tall, red-bearded, and weather-beaten; his voice is a soft West Country burr. Footprints, Size 10, from Britain’s Bronze Age 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z For them the boxer six’s naturally aspirated burr—the joyous spooling up, the revving like a Rolex chain saw—has been sacrificed at the altar of fuel economy. Porsche Targa 4S: Making Do With a Turbo 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Being a burr under the establishment’s saddle is nothing new for Landis. Something special is needed in new restaurant 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z The slight burr formed on the opposite side of the knife during the sharpening should be roughly the same size all along the blade from the heel to the tip. Wrap your knife in a newspaper, and other tips from a master Japanese knife sharpener 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z The best way for Americans to imagine Andrew Jennings is to roll Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein together, then add a touch of a Scottish burr and plenty of flannel. How a curmudgeonly old reporter exposed the FIFA scandal that toppled Sepp Blatter 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z But age and time have a way of softening the burrs of bad reputations. Part Villain, Part Victim, Jerry Tarkanian Simply Won 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z This will remove the burr raised on the back of the blade by the file. Important steps to take before retiring garden tools for winter 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z Cheerful and chatty, wearing glasses not contacts – and speaking with a light West Country burr, not a tortured torch croak – Beth Gibbons is in a good mood. Portishead on music, misogyny and debunking their own mystery 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z “It’s going to be a burr under the skin of quite a few people, trying to understand this rather peculiar mystery.” In a Grain, a Glimpse of the Cosmos 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Tree species include cottonwood, ash burr oak and box elder and shrub species include false indigo, chokecherry, buffalo berry, American plum and dogwood. Project aims to reforest Missouri River floodplain 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Oh, and if the producers want someone to prattle about proteins in a Northern Irish burr, I'm yer man. The pleasure of talking about science 2013-06-04T08:10:00Z Run a diamond file across the flat back of the blade to remove any burrs left by the sharpening stone. Important steps to take before retiring garden tools for winter 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z The major adverse event was an abscess in the burr hole in one patient’s skull. Gene therapy extends life of 13 children with deadly disorder 2012-12-20T01:56:01Z Probably one of the most notable nature-inspired technologies is the well-known hook-and-loop fastener, Velcro, which copies the tiny hooks on the surface of burrs. Zoo looks to nature for solutions 2012-08-30T12:23:40Z Here’s a great example: In 1948, a Swiss inventor went for a walk and came home with little seed pods, called burrs, stuck to his pants. Finding technological inspiration in nature 2011-07-28T22:27:00Z In that case, a Swiss engineer looked under the microscope at the burrs from weeds sticking to his dog's fur and saw the hook-and-loop mechanism in action. Stealing Design Ideas From Nature 2012-07-18T17:13:00Z “I didn’t identify enough to be a fully paid up member,” she recalled one recent afternoon in a soft Scottish burr. Female Factor: Annie Lennox Blurring the Line Between Donor and Activist 2012-06-28T20:24:34Z The Devonshire dialect was one of Allonby's keenest sources of delight, particularly the soft liquid French sound of the u, contrasting with the rough burr of the r. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z At length, wearied with the protracted courses, and finding it impossible to eat any more, the thoughtless boys amused themselves by sticking burrs on the footmen's silken calves as they passed to and fro. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z If this plan succeeds, the nut may, for rough work, be used over again, the burr raised by the chisel head being hammered down to close it as much as possible before filing it off. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Those who believed no truth could exist, unless encased by the burrs of opinion, went away utterly baffled. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z You have travelled far, sir," he said, pointedly; "there is northern mud on your hunting-shirt and southern burrs on your legging fringe. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Love is a burr upon the floor, Love is a thief behind the door; Who loves leman for her breath May quench his fire and cry for death! The Mountainy Singer 2012-02-20T03:00:20.273Z His voice was clear and musical, and he had a natural eloquence, set off by the burr of his native speech. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z The grindstone should be kept true and liberally supplied with water; the straight face should not be ground away, nor indeed touched upon the stone, except to remove the burr which will sometimes turn over. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z "I see you and go two better," said a man with a Newcastle burr in his speech. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z With a knife which Cresap had given me, I sat down to scrape the mud and filth from my hunting-shirt and to pick out the burrs and docks which clotted the fringe on my leggings. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The shepherd was gravely sincere and he knew that Lad would understand his burring words. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z He was muddied to his flanks, his coat was matted with green burrs, and there was a piece of frayed rope knotted about his neck. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z The flat place at i i is to prevent the burrs raised by the thumb-screw end from preventing the easy sliding of leg c through b. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The two older sisters reached the porch together, there to find Mrs. MacCall holding to Tess, whom she was brushing off and murmuring to in a low voice, filled with much Scotch burring. The Corner House Girls on a Houseboat How they sailed away, what happened on the voyage, and what was discovered 2012-01-20T03:00:16.183Z The bag in which they had been found was half filled with burrs, and small bits of a broken dish and tied tight. The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf 2012-01-20T03:00:10.933Z The ground around us was strewn with the four-lipped burrs of beechnuts, and the quaint little nut-pyramids were scattered among the ruddy fallen leaves. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Warm noon brims full the valley's cup, The aspen's leaves are scarce astir, Only the little mill sends up Its busy, never-ceasing burr. Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole 2012-01-09T03:00:25.087Z The ends e are rounded somewhat, as is shown, to prevent them from swelling or burring by reason of the blows given to adjust them. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Those from the other States of the West are free from burrs. Scientific American, Vol. XXXIX.?No. 24. [New Series.], December 14, 1878 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:31.783Z After three back-fires this feat was accomplished, and the car, with much burring of gear-wheels and slipping of the clutch, started off upon its deafening career. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z The only sounds audible were these which came from the river without; the hushed burr of night life from the dim city beyond. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z There are occasionally instances where a poor motion on one pivot is caused by a slight burr on the opposite pivot. Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches 2011-12-20T03:00:26.380Z The lower edge of the wedges should be slightly above the bore of the clamp to prevent the formation of a burr or projection of metal when the wedge is driven in. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z We are running them as an over runner at this time, but wish to change them and make the lower burr run instead of the upper. Scientific American, Vol. XXXIX.?No. 24. [New Series.], December 14, 1878 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:31.783Z His deep voice had a friendly burr in it. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z Prying a spouse loose can be arduous, as she discovered via her first husband: discarded wives stick like burrs. Margaret Atwood: “Stone Mattress.” 2011-12-12T05:00:00Z They can also be examined in the lathe and a good true enclosed balance chuck is of immense value in detecting burrs, chipped edges, rings on the sides, slight bends and poorly shaped ends. Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches 2011-12-20T03:00:26.380Z In driving a key out, especially if it is fast home, a quick heavy blow is best, as it is less likely to burr, swell, or bulge the end of the key. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The burrs are about 4 feet in diameter and 1½ foot thick. Scientific American, Vol. XXXIX.?No. 24. [New Series.], December 14, 1878 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:31.783Z If I ever saw anything I did not understand, I asked about it; and the information stuck in my mind, like a burr. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z 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 Four diggers and two carts have been at it for a week, with your mother, bareheaded and cloaked, and ruddy-cheeked, sticking to them like a burr. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z To prevent the end of the set-screw from raising a burr on the key, which would prevent its easy motion through the keyway, a shallow groove is sometimes cut along the key, as in Fig. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Can a pair of burrs of the above size be run in that way, and if so, what is the maximum speed at which they can be run? Scientific American, Vol. XXXIX.?No. 24. [New Series.], December 14, 1878 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:31.783Z The cause of the new hesitation was that David Davis was clinging to him like a burr. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z Even Baby has helped,” added Mrs. Carruth, laying her arm caressingly across Jean’s shoulders, for Jean had stuck to her side like a burr. Three Little Women A Story for Girls 2011-11-17T03:00:30.707Z She put the burrs on a stone near her. Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:31.283Z When “dragging” takes place the burr that was shown in Fig. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z “What?” inquired Bart, as he stooped over to pick a lot of burdock burrs from his trousers. Fenn Masterson's Discovery or, The Darewell Chums on a Cruise 2011-11-07T02:00:19.467Z The former makes an avuncular, jokey Stalin, who speaks with a warm country burr and who walks with a limp. Stalin Pens Melodrama, Author Turns Tyrannical in London Farce 2011-11-07T00:26:58Z Poor drudge of the city! how happy he feels With the burrs on his legs and the grass at his heels! Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes 2011-11-01T02:00:25.563Z It was on one of these scattered stones that Di was raising a little cairn of burrs. Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:31.283Z If the jaw surface had contact from the point to the bar, it would be impossible to employ the instrument upon a rectangular having a burr, or slight projection, on the edge. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Nowhere else were there such mammoth dandelions or such prickly burrs. Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z That boy sticks as fast as a burr,--he won't easily shake him off.' The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:28.357Z He stripped a handful of leaves and coral berries off the barberry-bush as he passed, pushed back the loose picket, and reappeared all over burrs and pollen before Uncle Elijahs' astonished and unapproving eyes. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z Many burrs left their native stems to accompany them on their way. Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:31.283Z The edges of these washers are chamfered off to prevent them from burring easily. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Some seasons this tree produces an abundance of nuts, which grow in round, prickly burrs, very similar to chestnuts. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z I asked; and I attacked him with questions and stuck to him like a burr, though I saw that he would fain have got rid of me. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:28.357Z His mother's soft Southern voice made Hattie's Western burr sound curiously common, and the manners he had thought delightfully vivacious seemed boisterous on a sudden. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z Certain things that Kenyon had said stuck to his mind like burrs. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z If then the end of the work has no projecting burrs the centring will be centred true. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z You must be impudent; for our old man will stick like a burr to you, now he's in a dispute. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z There’s lots of trees and fresh burrs here. The Bobbsey Twins at Cedar Camp 2011-09-30T02:00:20.203Z The Inghams are all stewed up with him and Stanley's wished on to him like a burr. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z “The burr hole in the skull will be small,” Schalk told me enthusiastically, as if urging me to get one of the plugs. Inquiry: The Cyborg in Us All 2011-09-17T04:33:56Z The burrs stick fast to their feet, they sit on their haunches to try to get them off, and so fall an easy prey to the boy hunters. Indian Scout Talks A Guide for Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls 2011-09-11T02:00:11.207Z I loved the hearing of them, in the various dialects of the protagonists, from a lordly lisp to a backwood burr. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z “Who?” asked Nan, looking up after stooping to pick 106 two of the brown prizes from a bursted burr. The Bobbsey Twins at Cedar Camp 2011-09-30T02:00:20.203Z There were also burrs, more or less, on everybody. Winona of the Camp Fire 2011-08-28T02:00:35.510Z Forceps and burrs are their unwearied jest across the years. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z A novel device for catching rabbits, in time of scarcity an important source of food supply, is to scatter large, sharp burrs along their runs. Indian Scout Talks A Guide for Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls 2011-09-11T02:00:11.207Z The panther saw me, and tried to get away, but Trusty clung to it like a burr. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z He will jump on a Cossack's bootleg, or hold to his trousers as a burr does to a dog's tail, and get through quicker than any of us. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z It's been a good night's work, Blackie," he concluded, "and, when I come back here, I'm going to jam a chestnut burr under the tail of this one-horse town. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z Here and there they stopped to pick up the glossy brown chestnuts that had burst from their burrs. Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z There were a few wild flowers left, and long trails of clematis wandering about; shining bitter-sweet, green chestnut burrs in clusters, the long, fringy blossoms in yellow brown still holding on to some of them. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z And then she remembered how as children they would take sticks and beat the chestnut burrs open and she wondered if a good beating administered on Aunt Clay might not help matters. Molly Brown of Kentucky 2011-07-16T02:00:18.603Z "Why do you fasten to me like a burr to a dog's tail?" With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z It is the peculiar outstanding people that, like a burr, stick to the memory. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z Prince, after a single attempt to nose one of the prickly burrs, left them strictly alone. Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z Before him, like a living burr, Rattled the noisy grasshopper. Kentucky Poems 2011-07-11T02:00:07.060Z We have talked to him in his language, and he will stick to us like a burr. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z They liv in the ground, and are az prikly all over az a chesnutt burr, or a case ov the hives. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z He looked so vulgarly English, he had no Scotch burr in his speech; he walked wrong, he made her peaceful home a Bedlam of crying and shouting. A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z Sometimes he seems entirely Canadian; at other moments the complete Scot with every R burring like a cockchafer on a window-pane. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z He ran around the tree, staring all about—even up into the thickly leaved branches where the clusters of green burrs were already formed. The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies How They Met, What Happened, and How It Ended 2011-06-14T02:00:19.837Z The western part is quite level, and was originally timbered with burr oak and poplars. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z She seemed not to see him, but bent down to pull some burrs off her gown and then ran her hand with a sweeping motion across her forehead. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z He became one as a teenager, throwing burrs at police horses during socialist demonstrations. Gus Tyler, Firebrand of Labor Movement, Dies at 99 2011-06-12T01:22:00Z They stick like burrs long after the pleasant, kindly words of praise and appreciation are forgotten. A Word to Women 2011-06-08T02:00:18.457Z Do not trust those burrs, who have sought to cleave to us all; those puppets that speak from our mouths, those antics garnished in our colours. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Originally it was covered with white, black and burr oak timber; the surface is rolling, and the soil well adapted to the cultivation of wheat. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z “Where does the sound come from?” demanded Agnes in her abrupt way, but very carefully picking brown chestnuts out of a prickly burr—and with gloves on one may be sure. The Corner House Girls on Palm Island 2011-06-01T02:00:23.043Z But that hopeful youngster stuck to Ruth and Agnes like a burr—and a very annoying one. The Corner House Girls on a Tour Where they went, what they saw, and what they found 2011-05-31T02:00:33.267Z However, he did say, that from time to time he has heard someone in that cabin speak in a strong Scotch burr, ordering a servant around in no uncertain terms.” Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays 2011-05-22T02:00:14.900Z More and more rifles joined in, and presently the burring tap-tap-tap of a Maxim. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z The surface varies from undulating to rolling, and was originally well timbered with white, black and burr oak. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z This was on a certain Saturday after the frosts had opened the chestnut burrs, and Luke Shepard had come from college to spend the week-end at the Corner House. The Corner House Girls on Palm Island 2011-06-01T02:00:23.043Z And yet it is creation and creates, Feeds roses, jonquils, columbines, gardenias, As well as thistles, cockle burrs and thorns. Domesday Book 2011-04-30T02:00:13.397Z There was a slight burr in her speech, acquired north of the Tweed, and she had a habit of saying, "Come, come, girrls!" For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z But in making small holes through a thick mass, no burr is produced, the metal yielding sideways and forming an enlargement or boss. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z There are also fine meadows and burr oak openings. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z There was a fence there, for Daddy got a pole from it and knocked off some of the lowest burrs. The Corner House Girls on Palm Island 2011-06-01T02:00:23.043Z Joseph Surface, with a strong Lancashire burr, is the impression he left upon me. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z Dry-point is a method of working direct on to the copper with a sharp point, which raises a burr on each side of the line, giving it a characteristic quality. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z A piece of work to be punched is supported either on the anvil or on a ring of metal termed a bolster, laid on the anvil, through which the burr, when severed, falls. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z This burr helps to give a characteristic quality to the line, but is rapidly worn away by printings. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z When the burrs fall and the nuts scatter, of course some of them fall under the dead tree.” The Corner House Girls on Palm Island 2011-06-01T02:00:23.043Z "Energy is the most exciting industry," he says with enthusiasm, in a soft Scottish burr, in his soberly fitted 24th-floor office overlooking the London Eye and the Thames. Shell's outgoing UK chairman has seen oil firm's role shift in a changing climate 2011-04-08T06:00:02Z The number of good impressions possible from one plate is limited by the wearing of the plate; in particular, the burr of dry-point soon disappears. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z In the mouth of an Arab the sound is that of the guttural ghain, which is pronounced by the Berbers and Negroes somewhat like the Northumberland burr, hence usually transliterated by rh in non-Semitic words. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z They have purchased the mills and farm formerly owned by Judge Bates, consisting of one hundred and fifty acres of land, a flouring mill with five run of burr stones, and saw-mill, at $16,000. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z Hidden rascals, so surrounded by the sharp arrow points sticking from the chestnut burrs that we had many a finger-wound from them, were finally scalped—their burrs cracked open and the prisoners taken away. The Woodcraft Girls in the City 2011-03-27T02:00:11.007Z On these trips to the country the little wife brings home chestnut burrs to hang from the chandelier in the parlor. Peeps at People 2011-03-26T02:00:17.597Z Her slight burring of the "r" had never sounded so marked as it did to-day. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z Their removal depends upon the fact that the burrs, which consist in the main of cellulose, are disintegrated at elevated temperatures by dilute mineral acids. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Suzanne, for all her expensive education and subsequent efforts, had never been able to refine hers; the ugly Pittsburg burr would crop out. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z But Holmes has fed the beast, his voice an irreplaceable burr in Hansbrough's side. For Hansbrough, it's all in a day's work 2011-03-03T22:54:00Z The feud with the wild cat intensifies in Midsummer Night's Dream; 'tis Lysander speaks: Hang off, thou cat, thou burr, thou vile thing. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z Then there came a jar, a burr of wheels and springs, and the tinkle of silver-toned metal striking nine. A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z If the pieces contain burrs these are usually removed by a process known as “carbonizing,” which generally, but not necessarily, precedes the milling. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Coming off the train I stuck to her like a burr, was almost arm in arm going up the stairs, and then in the concourse broke myself loose and faded away toward the news stand. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z Once, it might be in her twelfth year, she had found a little friend, an innocent girl with merry eyes, who attached herself to Eva like a burr. Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z So grandfather made his own burr to grind corn and wheat. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives 2011-02-25T03:01:01.877Z It was a still, hazy September afternoon, so warm that the frost that had helped to open the chestnut burrs that very morning seemed to have been an hallucination. Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse 2011-02-14T03:00:33.337Z The acid is thus concentrated and attacks the burrs, which fall to dust, while leaving the wool intact. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z But it had suddenly occurred to her to try and rid herself of this burr by hinting that he had something to do with the robbery, if not with the murder. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z I knew from the burring speech of the big sergeant in charge that he hailed from Scotland. Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition 2011-02-02T03:00:25.187Z It was as big as any burr in de large mills, but it was turned by hand power. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives 2011-02-25T03:01:01.877Z When he spoke—which was not often—the soft burr in the pronunciation of the sibilants betrayed the Westcountryman. Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z He had a voice both sweet and deep-toned, and its effect was not injured by his Northumbrian burr, which, though strong, was entirely free from harshness and vulgarity.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z Bald and small and perky, with his burr and his blah and quotable gobbets of Funny Holloway-spout. The Fiver 2011-01-25T17:05:59Z The sister who arranged my bandages was Scotch, and the burr of her speech was pleasant in my ears. Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition 2011-02-02T03:00:25.187Z I would love to go and find out and see de old burr again. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives 2011-02-25T03:01:01.877Z It is not a vexing equation for success: Players expected to play well are doing so, now that they have a full cycle in Laviolette's system and a burr in their side after last June. This time against Blackhawks, Flyers are supercharged 2011-01-22T21:39:00Z The slight chamfer C, in the bearing, serves two purposes; it becomes a reservoir for oil and removes any burr that might otherwise exist in a metal bearing, without in any way altering its effectiveness. Friction, Lubrication and the Lubricants in Horology 2011-01-20T03:00:07.073Z With their fingers they pull out thorns and burrs, and hunt for each other’s parasites. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I 2011-01-17T03:00:49.523Z But little Pat had a grateful heart, and, falling upon his new nurse's neck with a rapturous crow, clung there like a burr. Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story 2011-01-13T03:01:02.190Z De top burr would probably weigh about three or four hundred pounds. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives 2011-02-25T03:01:01.877Z Evidence of trepanation, or making burr holes, has been found in prehistoric human remains from Neolithic times onward, using sharp objects like teeth as tools rather than the precision surgical saws and drills used today. Radical surgery 2011-01-10T14:45:17Z "That's the excuse they all give, but it's no farther than ever it was and the theatres are as near as ever they were," she said sadly, the Scotch burr falling musically upon the ear. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z Did he speak with a west country burr? and so forth. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z Stock cut this way has a slight burr on its lower edge, caused by the "drag" or downward pressure of the knife. Paper-Cutting Machines A Primer of Information about Paper and Card Trimmers, Hand-Lever Cutters, Power Cutters and Other Automatic Machines for Cutting Paper (Typographic Technical Series Part 1, No. 10) 2010-12-30T03:00:20.623Z His voice had not much music, but Mary loved the way he sang, with the fierceness and burr, the rumble on the last word, of a chieftain calling his men to battle. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z And if the Jets listened carefully, they might have noticed Ryan’s approach to controversy, which now is sticking to his team like burrs on alpaca. N.F.L. Video Program Distills Aspiring Coaches? Qualities 2010-12-17T21:03:25Z Philadelphia fans have more than 300 types of “boo,” but the rally stragglers offered only a “burr,” a weary, perfunctory, obligatory boo. The Fifth Down: Eagles Fans Tell McNabb How They Really Feel 2010-10-04T02:50:00Z What is genuinely in doubt is whether that is but a burr in the two nations’ broader relationship, or a portent. News Analysis: Behind Gusts of a Military Chill: A More Forceful China 2010-06-09T01:18:00Z It must be of the proper shape and thickness and bevel and temper and free from any burrs or lumps on its back edge. Paper-Cutting Machines A Primer of Information about Paper and Card Trimmers, Hand-Lever Cutters, Power Cutters and Other Automatic Machines for Cutting Paper (Typographic Technical Series Part 1, No. 10) 2010-12-30T03:00:20.623Z This early futility has been a sharp burr under the Nats. Washington Nationals are better, but they're at a loss to prove it 2010-03-13T05:00:00Z He kept his farm covered in cotton burrs which he got for free from the local gin. 2010-01-05T10:51:00Z They had the Army Barbershop Quartet, which sang "spirituals" in a starchy way that only guys with burr haircuts could. 2009-12-17T15:00:00Z He was distinctly out of the fashion, it was true, in many ways, but he was never uncouth, and though there was at times a North Country burr in his voice, he spoke with refinement. Capricious Caroline To remove the wire edge burrs along the edge lay the hone flat on the face and rub gently so as not to round over the edge. Paper-Cutting Machines A Primer of Information about Paper and Card Trimmers, Hand-Lever Cutters, Power Cutters and Other Automatic Machines for Cutting Paper (Typographic Technical Series Part 1, No. 10) 2010-12-30T03:00:20.623Z Chestnut burrs outside but sound and sweet in their hearts. The Trail of Conflict See that there are no burrs or lumps of mud in the fur, before you do any fleshing. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps After all burrs, lumps of mud and blood clots have been removed from the skin it is ready for fleshing. Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture Her speech was brusque and quick, with a generous burr in her "rs" when she replied. The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode The pilot g is made small in the shank, so that tool a can be so placed as to insure the removal of all burrs around the bore of the hub. Turning and Boring A specialized treatise for machinists, students in the industrial and engineering schools, and apprentices, on turning and boring methods, etc. Ah," a man will say, "though I spend a thousand pounds over it, I'll stick to him like a burr. Rachel Ray The tongue, sometimes longer even than the shell itself, is covered with rows of very hard spikes, or teeth, arranged similarly to the burrs on a file. Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them Boughs and branches of silver and sugar maples decorate the hall, "den," dining room and kitchen, and berries, vines and burrs fill jars, vases and cornucopias of birch bark. Suppers Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions There are also two winter annuals that reproduce themselves in which I have considerable confidence, namely, burr clover and narrow-leaf vetch. Florida: An Ideal Cattle State His eyes were full of soda, his ears full of sand, his mustache full of burrs, and his whiskers full of tumble-weeds. The Nerve of Foley And Other Railroad Stories I hope she will shed the burr soon, for her own sake. Dolly's College Experiences Only the burr oaks held valiantly to their raiment. Hawk Eye A large wreath and a low bowl of nut burrs and sprays of bright leaves and berries make a gorgeous centerpiece. Suppers Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions Thenceforward he would call Hector nothing but 'Ti-ti-pu,' and the nickname stuck like a burr, until only the gravest members of his own party hardly ever thought of calling him anything else. Ti-Ti-Pu A Boy of Red River There is a queer little one with cones growing like burrs on the trunk as well as on the limbs, but that is only found on burnt ground. Unexplored! We on that parched precipice, Stretched beneath the chestnuts' burrs, Breathed the balsam of the firs, Felt the blue sky like a kiss. Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems Another pretty centerpiece is a massive silver bowl, or a fancy Indian basket piled high with pretty fruits, nuts, nut burrs and the vine and berries of the bittersweet. Dinners and Luncheons Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions Here we've caught your rogue for you—chased him high—chased him low—here, there and everywhere—bushes, burrs and briers, dirt and dust sir—O demmit! Our Admirable Betty A Romance There was a sense of mystery in the air—a buzz and burr of whispers; a rustle of moving feet. Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus Flashing is also used here to remove the burr left around the letters after the cutting down process.Building-up. From Xylographs to Lead Molds; A.D. 1440-A.D. 1921 We were sons of Nature then; She had taken us to her, Closer drawn by brier and burr, There on lonely Devil's Den. Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems Be less be seen, stain in burr and make pressure. Geography and Plays "And you're covered with sand and prickly burrs—such a mess!" Bosom Friends A Seaside Story Her rider clung to the saddle like a burr, and all her efforts to throw him were quite as unsuccessful as those of Binney Gibbs's mule had been some days before. Campmates A Story of the Plains The driver of the ammunition wagon was holding the head of the other horse, shaking his fist at the Germans, and swearing at them with a heavy Scotch burr. The Black Watch A Record in Action Summer grapes hung their just ripened clusters from the vine-laden saplings, and the chincapin bushes were starred with opening burrs. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 Noble and no noble and no next burr, net in and bee net in and bee next to shown miner. Geography and Plays It was dirty work, the corn stalks oozing juice and sticking as tenaciously as burrs to the clothes, hands and hair of those working in the silo. Frying Pan Farm She tried to take Bobby in her arms, but nervous dread made him refuse, and he clung like a burr to Amaldi, hiding his face in his neck, clutching with his little hands. Shadows of Flames A Novel "She has stuck to him like a burr, all the evening," whispered Lizzie. Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation "Possibly; but, Lenz, you have a vast deal too many burrs sticking to you; you must shake them off." Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. II. But in big boobies a lisp is only less loathsome than a burr. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 Every autumnal Sunday they spent hours together in the woods, from which the Seraph would bring home gentians, wych-hazel and a lyric, and Sigurd a ruff all tangled up with burrs. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road Don Simon threw himself into one of the hammocks, and held out one of his legs, which was covered with burrs and briers. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. He stopped to analyse the whine, and as a result a troublesome burr ceased longer to trouble. Thirty I heard the death-moth tick and stir, Slow-honeycombing through the bark; I heard the crickets' drowsy chirr, And one lone beetle burr the dark— The sleeping woodland seemed to purr. Shapes and Shadows In spite of her announced resolve she hardly ever called him that, and now she said it with a slight burr, dwelling on it till the name became a thing of beauty, almost a caress. Helena Brett's Career Any colored fleeces, discolored mohair, or mohair containing objectionable features, such as burrs, straw, etc., can be placed in separate parcels. Practical Angora Goat Raising Yes," he replied, "my work lies in London, though Broadbeck is my home, and I ran down very often, merely, I believe, to breathe the murky air and refresh my soul with the Yorkshire burr. Windyridge Stooping, he saw strewn about it a large number of burrs that had dropped down from the tall chestnut trees overhead. The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century Jenny lost her fear of bullocks, dreaded insects no longer, and might have been a Cornish maid all her life, save for her clear-cut Cockney, to which not a single western burr adhered. Carnival But see here, Lenz, you have too many burrs clinging to you. Edelweiss A Story Mowbray broke from the last clutching strands of thorn bush and began beating burrs from his legs. Quest of the Golden Ape Then I stuck a burr under the pack-horse’s tail and cast him loose. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt But the saddle girth was well secured, and the rider clung like a burr. The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn He left all his work to his fireman, jumping on his locomotive at the last moment, always hanging round Molly Shannon till she shook him off like a burr. Fairfax and His Pride But he was a good deal like a chestnut burr. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks He walked along and along, after Jacko had left him, but he couldn't find even a last year's chestnut burr, and he felt quite badly about it. Jacko and Jumpo Kinkytail The Funny Monkey Boys She clung like a burr to the Tennessee, pouring in her great iron balls, and doing so much damage that soon the great ship was like a floating hulk. Stories of Our Naval Heroes Every Child Can Read I wouldn't have believed that even Doctor Merriam could have taken that burr off your tongue. The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp Ac�na, have flower-heads which stick like burrs to feathers, &c., and seem specially adapted for transposition by birds. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras How still again! no water stirs; No wind is heard; although the weeds Are waved a little; and from silk-filled burrs Drift by a few soft seeds. Undertones And then, all of a sudden, he saw a big chestnut burr on the ground in front of him. Jacko and Jumpo Kinkytail The Funny Monkey Boys The timber on this range consists of live oak, and various oaks resembling white burr and black oak, besides various shrubs. Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51 Presently he entered, his sleeves rolled to the elbow over his brawny arms, and his shirt and pantaloons covered with the spanish-needles and burrs which would grow, even in so well-tilled fields as Deacon Klegg's. Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign Sometimes they came down in the burrs—maybe only "peeping" out; and getting them wholly out of the burrs was not so pleasant an occupation. The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in The crickets' chirr 'neath brier and burr, By leaf-strewn pools and streams, When Autumn stands 'mid the dropping nuts, With the book, she shuts, Of dreams. The Garden of Dreams "Oh, there must be at least three big chestnuts in that burr," thought Jumpo. Jacko and Jumpo Kinkytail The Funny Monkey Boys The wretch clings to your lid like a burr, and it feels as if he had a million claws to hold him on while he is darting his weapon into your eyeball. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) The summer green of the chinquapin burrs had given place to a richer coloring; the sumac and blackberry bushes flushed red in the sunlight. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge Why is it," complained Dot sucking her fingers, stung by the prickly burrs, "that they put such thistles on these chestnuts? The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in How come the rid flowers stuck with the little burrs on your dress? The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas So he picked up the chestnut burr, and on he hurried to Uncle Wiggily's house. Jacko and Jumpo Kinkytail The Funny Monkey Boys From underneath it his tousled hair showed, so covered with dust and burrs and other things that the birds of the air might be tempted to build their nests in it. Ditte: Girl Alive! On the driver being pointed out, the gentleman, with the rough but pleasing north-country burr in his voice, said, after asking his name, “Did you marry —?” Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years I suspect the burrs are made prickly for a very good reason. The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in He was a chestnut burr, abounding with briers without and with substantial goodness within. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings The burr wasn't open yet, and it had a stem, like a handle to pick it up by, so the stickers wouldn't stick you. Jacko and Jumpo Kinkytail The Funny Monkey Boys They brown the nuts in forests, The burrs they open wide; They lure the feathers from the clouds. Mother Truth's Melodies Common Sense For Children His speech, touched with a rough northern burr, broke down defences. The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons You see, the chestnuts are not really ripe until the burrs are broken open by the frost. The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in Stuck to me like a burr and wore me threadbare asking if he was forgiven, and if that didn't mean he was whiter than snow. Old Crow And then, just as the snake was going to eat the tarts Jumpo threw the sharp burr at the wiggly, crawly creature. Jacko and Jumpo Kinkytail The Funny Monkey Boys He has even by the ‘burr, burr, burr’, uncounteracted by any preceding description of the boy’s beauty, assisted in recalling them. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century The squirrels seemed to scold more shrilly and dance along the boughs inspecting the swelling chestnut burrs with a livelier kick than before. Old Plymouth Trails "Well," I said, picking the thistle burrs off my trousers, "let us sit down for a spell, shall we?" Aliens I can remember long minutes of trembling under tangled underbrush, while from above sounded the burring of an air machine searching ceaselessly for us. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 His voice was light in tone, and he had a delightful burr. Coquette Durer, among others, used it, and he employed also, but in hesitating manner, the dry-point with its accompanying burr. Rembrandt and His Etchings “On a bed of nice soft sand that the fellows couldn’t make collapse, and where you couldn’t come along and shove burrs down my neck.” The Campfire Girls on Ellen's Isle The Trail of the Seven Cedars In spite of the conventional terms there was a surly burr to his tone that belied the courtesy. Clark's Field There was a cute little set of furniture made from cactus burrs, to say nothing of the delicious cactus candy, and other sweetmeats which must have come from a far away town. Little Tales of The Desert He stepped aside, and I heard the low burr of the tel-autograph at the side of the screen before me. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 He was an old Scot, named MacLean; and the native burr in his speech had been softened by many years of roving. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story It has no rugged burr, no nasal twang, such as almost every one's voice here in the north has. Shirley There were clinging bits of broken sage on it, and burrs, which it had gathered in his skulking through the brush. The Rustler of Wind River She had seen lots of burrs before but these were different. Little Tales of The Desert An insidious doubt of his ultimate victory lodged like a burr in his brain. Wild Oranges Sure enough, there was a mass of cockle burrs caught in the long mane and wedged under the collar, so that every pull of the harness drove the sharp spines into the animal's shoulder. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country It is also true that the jays and the crows carry away the chestnuts from the open burrs on the trees where no color scheme would conceal them. Ways of Nature About Procession of the Ghost he's prickly as a burr, But he believes, as we all believe, in the Holy Sepulchre! Many Gods All the sharp daggers had been removed, the burrs had been split open and the soft centers taken out. Little Tales of The Desert There were scattered sounds beyond the open door: bird chirpings and whistles, and the continuous burring calls of what Barney decided would be a wild pigeon. Gone Fishing There, now," said Jim as he handed over the lines to the sullen driver, "you should have found that bunch of cockle burrs. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country She arranged her exquisite blonde hair most beautifully, with a pullet's feather and a band made of burrs. Old French Fairy Tales He had always believed he had done well for himself in possessing a second-hand mahogany bureau, and an ash bedstead, but, after all, these were mere necessities, and their glory faded before burr walnut. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country No man could have opened all those burrs, it would have taken him weeks. Little Tales of The Desert Nest in a burr oak, 18 feet from the ground on a horizontal limb. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. Jim loosened the collar, cut off the mass of burrs, sacrificed his handkerchief to make a soft pad, and replaced the collar. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country But she had a great many burrs in her hair, so they picked them all out and put them in a jar, and they filled the whole jar. The Chinese Fairy Book But being a carpenter, he got no further in his admiration of Will’s wealth than the fact that he could decorate his home with burr walnut. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country Back and forth he went, each time returning with a prickly burr. Little Tales of The Desert A word or two said by the preacher the day he visited her school had clung to her consciousness as a burr clings to wool. A Singer from the Sea Gray squirrels were barking in the woods, and their cousins the reds, less shy, were scurrying along the fence rails and up the chestnut-trees to send the prickly burrs to the ground. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance And yet the acre of neglect and ruin still clung like an unsightly burr to the hem of his smooth-rolling acres. Once to Every Man Blair's advice was, says Scott, 'Stick to the coo, man,' in his peculiar burr, but we can imagine how this unforeseen reminiscence must have confused the divine. James Boswell Famous Scots Series Its sharp, black eyes flashed fire in the moonlight and in its small mouth it carefully carried a cactus burr. Little Tales of The Desert The little burring sound of it fitted itself somehow to the thought reiterating through Lance’s tired brain. Rim o' the World And just as much affectation in talking with a burr as in dropping it. In a Little Town “Lay a hand on me again, and there’ll be trouble,” he said sharply, and there was an oddly furious burr in his speech. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana The Doctor knocked on a door near at hand, then waited a moment, and, getting no response, turned away toward the shed and the deep, wet, burring sound of a wash-board. Dr. Sevier The strangest part of it was that something or somebody was bringing in little sticks of wood and cactus burrs and piling them up among the doll clothes. Little Tales of The Desert The men from Black Rim are eyed askance when they burr their spur rowels down the plank sidewalks of whatever little town they may choose to visit. Rim o' the World The old-time flatness and burr began to soften from attrition, to be modified because they were conspicuous. In a Little Town For two or three days, matters went on this way; the stranger sticking like a burr to the Judge, and the lawyer and his assistants keeping as near as possible, but refraining from violence. 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. His accent made the German burr soft; he was half Italian. The First Violin A Novel This particular morning as they started out, Mary noticed that the ground was covered with cactus burrs. Little Tales of The Desert He learned to ride, to stick on like a burr, to keep his seat on the bare back of the pony, to move with him as he moved. Valley of Wild Horses Philemon stuck like a little burr to the gray back. Harper's Young People, July 13, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly "Fine night," said a voice with a deep Scottish burr. Treasure Valley She always sticks around the barn close as a burr!” The Backwoodsmen There was a little rabbit nibbling away at a cactus burr. Little Tales of The Desert Suddenly, like a chestnut falling out of a burr, he was shed naked and glistening on to a soft, fecund earth, leaving behind him the hard rind of worldly knowledge and experience. The Rainbow No other topic was more than mentioned, and the buzz and burr of voices vied with the sound of the band till it ended. The River Prophet Some of his words stuck like burrs, because they seemed so absurd. A Son of the Middle Border The molasses on her hands had made them stick as tight as burrs. Divided Skates As they slowly stubbed along over the rough trail they surprised many a family of rabbits and not a few were nibbling away at the prickly cactus burrs. Little Tales of The Desert Perhaps Miss Gibbs, like the familiar chestnut burr, hid a silver lining under her prickly exterior. The Madcap of the School "Hit's too late now ter cry over spilt milk," declared Joyce with a burr in his voice. The Roof Tree No stopping now for burrs!—I ran like one pursued. A Son of the Middle Border His English, save for the oddness of his idioms and a burr that made r's of most his l's, and sometimes reversed the process, was almost perfect. A Man to His Mate He was soon back, carrying in his beak a cactus burr, which he placed on the ground near the sleeping snake. Little Tales of The Desert Faith took a general view as she came up, and then fell upon the chestnut burrs like the rest of them; and no boy there worked more readily or joyously. Say and Seal, Volume I This impression on India paper, with the burr, is acknowledged by the greatest connoisseurs in this kingdom to be the most brilliant extant. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance But the crackling and burring cut us off again. The Prairie Child Yet, as she groped among the brown leaves at the foot of her tree, her fingers came in contact with something wholly different from chestnuts or their thorny burrs. The Brass Bound Box Then one more burr was brought and quietly dropped on the snake's head. Little Tales of The Desert Boys!" he said—"aren't there enough of you to open these burrs as fast as Miss Derrick can pick out the nuts? Say and Seal, Volume I Abraham entertaining the three angels; very fine, with the burr, on India paper. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance The term does not necessarily mean that the grinding mills have steel burrs. All About Coffee The smaller ones developed seeds, or burrs or eggs, that could be carried to safety by the wind or in the animals' fur, thus insuring racial survival. Deathworld Of course his first motion rubbed the delicate skin against the prickly burr. Little Tales of The Desert The burrs disappeared fast; the brown nuts gathered into an immense heap. Say and Seal, Volume I A landscape of an irregular form; 1st impression, with the burr, very scarce. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance In fact, most firms employ burrs made of cast-iron or of a composition metal known as "burr metal", because of its combined hardness and toughness. All About Coffee “Confound him,” thought Christopher, “has he never seen burrs on a wet coat before or is my tie up?” Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker They are nestled in russet-brown burrs, something like chestnuts, and are so abundant that sometimes we get a whole barrelful from one tree. Harper's Young People, November 18, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly Half at least of Mr. Linden's directions the boys obeyed;—they caught all the burrs they well could, on their own heads. Say and Seal, Volume I I spied a gal at church, 'bout de color of a ripe pumpkin after de big frosts done fall on it, hair black as a crow and meshed up and crinkled as a cucker burr. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 Oh, such lots! all spread around, and beaten out of the prickly burrs, all ready for us. The Nursery, October 1877, Vol. XXII. No. 4 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers He answered concisely and shortly with no touch of the local burr. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker The breadth of his shoulders and the burr on his tongue got him enlisted in the first instance. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders But when this tree too was about half cleared, Faith withdrew a little from the busy rush and bustle, left the chestnuts and chestnut burrs, and sat down on the bank to rest and look. Say and Seal, Volume I It will be necessary to use light bamboo poles to remove the nuts with closed burrs. The Pecan and its Culture Of three dull nicknames, stuck like burrs on the mantles of Dorking's prophets, the dullest and prosiest has stuck to the richest. Highways and Byways in Surrey "All dthose burrs on your dress make bleed," he says, looking a bit ruefully at his finger-tips, sore and red, and one stained a little where some obstinate briar or needle has drawn the blood. Under the Southern Cross Small birds are occasionally found in a wretched state of discomfort in which they appear a moving mass of burrs. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia They are the burrs of a plant something like a thistle. Under Fire A Tale of New England Village Life Here they are to be picked from the hulls, the unopened burrs being placed apart by themselves. The Pecan and its Culture And when you stick on conversation's burrs, Don't strew your pathway with those dreadful urs. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature As for Patch, his services no longer required, he was rolling upon the sofa in an absurd endeavour to remove the burrs from his coat. Anthony Lyveden To biddy, is to rid one of burrs, as `I'll just biddy my clothes before I come in.' Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia “And a cockle burr in his whiskers, and cerulean blue overalls like mine, and he’ll drudge along in a slow scrap with the soil till the soil gets him,” Thaine added. Winning the Wilderness |
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