Burled
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
patterned \patterned\ adj.
Having describable patterns, especially patterns of colors.
[Narrower terms: {banded}, {blotched, blotchy, splotched},
{brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby}, {burled}, {checked,
checkered}, {dappled, mottled}, {dotted, flecked, specked,
speckled, stippled}, {figured}, {floral, flowered}, {laced},
{marbled, marbleized}, {moire, watered}, {pinstriped,
pinstripe(prenominal)}, {slashed, streaked}, {spotted},
{sprigged}, {streaked, streaky}, {striped, stripy},
{tessellated}, {veined, venose}] {plain, solid}
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Burl \Burl\ (b[^u]rl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burled} (b[^u]rld);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Burling}.] [OE. burle stuffing, or a knot in
cloth; cf. F. bourlet, bourrelet, OF. bourel, a wreath or a
roll of cloth, linen, or leather, stuffed with flocks, etc.,
dim. of bourre. [root]92. See {Bur}.]
To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose
threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.
[1913 Webster]
{Burling iron}, a peculiar kind of nippers or tweezers used
in burling woolen cloth.
[1913 Webster]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
burled \burled\ (b[^u]rld), adj.
having an irregular pattern from the grain of a tree burl[2],
or one resembling such a pattern, in contrast to the regular
wood grain consisting of parallel or concentric lines; -- of
wood.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
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