Burred vs Buried - What's the difference?
burred | buried |
(burr)
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
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.
(obsolete) A metal ring at the top of the hand-rest on a spear.
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As verbs the difference between burred and buried
is that burred is (burr) while buried is (bury).As an adjective buried is
placed in a grave at a burial.burred
English
Verb
(head)burr
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) burre, perhaps from (etyl) , from (etyl).Noun
(en noun)- The graver, in ploughing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs .
Synonyms
* (kind of seed pod) sticker; burDerived terms
* deburrEtymology 2
Onomatopoeia, influenced by bur.Etymology 3
Origin uncertain.Noun
(en noun)- 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