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Burl vs Knut - What's the difference?

burl | knut |

As nouns the difference between burl and knut

is that burl is a tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner while knut is (archaic|informal|edwardian) an idle upper-class man-about-town[http://edwardianpromenadecom/resources/a-glossary-of-slang/#k edwardian slang terms].

As a verb burl

is to remove the knots in cloth.

burl

English

Alternative forms

* burr (UK)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner.
  • Wood of a mottled veneer, usually cut from such a growth.
  • A knot or lump in thread or cloth.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To remove the knots in cloth.

    • Anagrams

    *

    knut

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic, informal, Edwardian) An idle upper-class man-about-town Edwardian Slang Terms
    • Oh Hades! the Ladies who leave their wooden huts,
    For Gilbert the Filbert, the colonel of the knuts ...

    Synonyms

    * playboy * hedonist

    References

    ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

  • knout
    • ----