BURRY

barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny

(adjective) having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; “a horse with a short bristly mane”; “bristly shrubs”; “burred fruits”; “setaceous whiskers”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Burry

A surname.

Etymology

Adjective

burry (comparative more burry, superlative most burry)

Abounding in burs.

(of speech, or other produced sound) Characterized by a burr.

Source: Wiktionary


Burr"y, a.

Definition: Abounding in burs, or containing burs; resembling burs; as, burry wool.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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