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Sunday, December 22nd, 2024
the Fourth Week of Advent
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or Burr (apparently the same word as Danish borne, burdock, cf. Swed. kard-boore), a prickly fruit or head of fruits, as of the burdock. In the sense of a woody outgrowth on the trunk of a tree, or "gnaur," the effect of a crowded bud-develop-' ment, the word is probably adapted from the Fr. bourre, a vine-bud.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Bur'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/bur.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Bur'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/bur.html. 1910.
