burled

burled
    adj 1: (of wood) have a pattern from the grain of a tree burl
    

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]
    

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.
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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]