Burled vs Burgled - What's the difference?
burled | burgled |
(burl)
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.
(burgle)
(chiefly, British, NZ) to commit burglary.
:* {{quote-book
, year=1892
, year_published=2011
, edition=HTML
, editor=
, author=Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
, title=The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
, chapter=The Beryl Coronet
(UK, sports) To take the ball legally from an opposing player.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=September 18
, author=Ben Dirs
, title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia
, work=BBC Sport
As verbs the difference between burled and burgled
is that burled is (burl) while burgled is (burgle).burled
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*burl
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* burr (UK)Noun
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*burgled
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*burgle
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(burgl)citation, genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=Well, I hope to goodness the house won’t be burgled during the night. }}
citation, page= , passage=And when scrum-half Ben Youngs, who had a poor game, was burgled by opposite number Irakli Abuseridze and the ball shipped down the line to Irakli Machkhaneli, it looked like Georgia had scored a try of their own, but the winger's foot was in touch.}}