(v. t.) To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.
(n.) A knot or lump in thread or cloth.
(n.) An overgrown knot, or an excrescence, on a tree
also, veneer made from such excrescences.
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burlap
(n.) A coarse fabric, made of jute or hemp, used for bagging
also, a finer variety of similar material, used for curtains, etc.
burled
(imp. &
p. p.) of Burl
burler
(n.) One who burls or dresses cloth.
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burlesque
(a.) Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity
jocular
ironical.
(n.) Ludicrous representation
exaggerated parody
grotesque satire.
(n.) An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything.
(n.) A ludicrous imitation
a caricature
a travesty
a gross perversion.
(v. t.) To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.