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burl 2

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Searchable Lemmata: burlen (ME), burl (MdE).
Alternate Forms:

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(vb.) Occupation; to complete the clothmaking process by removing defects; to remove burls.(circa 1475 - circa 1900)
1. [16a] ... A Bokelere makere: peltarius ... [16b] ... A Boste of a Bokyllere ... [17b] ... A Brasur [Monson: Brassure]: brathiale vel brachiale. ... [19a] ... A Broudster [Monson: Brothester]: Anaglipharius, Anaglipharia. ... [20a] ... To Burle clothe: Extuberare. Gloss. [MED *Cath.Angl. ((Add 15562) 16a-20a) circa 1475]
2. a burler, extuberarius, [extubera]tor, [extubera]trix Gloss. [DMLBS CathA (extuberarius, extuberator, extuberatrix) 1483]
c.f.: burl 1, extuberare
MdE.
Sex: Male, Female    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, verbal form from burl (q.v.) 'knot or lump of wool' etc. OED refers to a medieval Latin verb burillare, but no such word is known to DMLBS, nor does it appear in Du Cange. Similarly no parallel Anglo-French verb is attested in AND, while continental Old French/Middle French bourler mean 'to apply stripes or strips' (see burled). Thus this is likely to be a purely English formation.
WF: Derivation
Etym Cog: burlen.
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