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brogue | burr |

As a noun brogue

is a strong dialectal accent in ireland it used to be a term for irish spoken with a strong english accent, but gradually changed to mean english spoken with a strong irish accent as english control of ireland gradually increased and irish waned as the standard language.

As a verb brogue

is (intransitive) to speak with a brogue (accent) or brogue can be (dialect) to fish for eels by disturbing the waters.

As a proper noun burr is

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brogue

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A strong dialectal accent. In Ireland it used to be a term for Irish spoken with a strong English accent, but gradually changed to mean English spoken with a strong Irish accent as English control of Ireland gradually increased and Irish waned as the standard language.
  • * 1978 , , Fair Blows the Wind , Bantam Books, page 62:
    • I had no doubt he knew where I was from, for I had the brogue , although not much of it.
  • * 2010 , , Random House, page 187:
    • “No-man's-land.” The words were spoken in a deep voice filled with salt water and brogue .
  • A strong Oxford shoe, with ornamental perforations and wing tips.
  • (dated) A heavy shoe of untanned leather.
    • Synonyms
    * brogan
    Derived terms
    * brogued * brogueing * broguery * broguish

    Verb

    (brogu)
  • (intransitive) To speak with a brogue (accent).
  • To walk.
  • To kick.
  • To punch a hole in, as with an awl.

    • See also

    * (Brogue shoe)

    Etymology 2

    Possibly from (etyl) brouiller

    Verb

    (brogu)
  • (dialect) to fish for eels by disturbing the waters

    • burr

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) burre, perhaps from (etyl) , from (etyl).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.
  • A bur; a seed pod with sharp features that stick in fur or clothing.
  • A small piece of material left on an edge after a cutting operation.
  • * Tomlinson
    • The graver, in ploughing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs .
  • A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down.
  • A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the grip, to prevent the hand from slipping.
  • The earlobe.
  • The knot at the bottom of an antler.
    • Synonyms
    * (kind of seed pod) sticker; bur
    Derived terms
    * deburr

    Etymology 2

    Onomatopoeia, influenced by bur.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rough humming sound.
  • A rolled "r".

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To pronounce with a rolled "r".
  • To make a rough humming sound.

    • Etymology 3

    Origin uncertain.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A metal ring at the top of the hand-rest on a spear.
  • * :
    • And there kyng Arthur smote syr mordred vnder the shelde wyth a foyne of his spere thorughoute the body more than a fadom / And whan syr Mordred felte that he had hys dethes wounde / He thryst hym self wyth the myght that he had vp to the bur of kynge Arthurs spere / And right so he smote his fader Arthur wyth his swerde holden in bothe his handes

    Etymology 4

    From burl.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British)
    • English onomatopoeias Geordie English