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Burring

Burr \Burr\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Burred; p. pr. & vb. n. Burring.] To speak with burr; to make a hoarse or guttural murmur.
--Mrs. Browning.

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burring

vb. (present participle of burr English)

WordNet
bur
  1. n. seed vessel having hooks or prickles [syn: burr]

  2. small bit used in dentistry or surgery [syn: burr]

  3. [also: burring, burred]

bur
  1. v. remove the burrs from [syn: burr]

  2. [also: burring, burred]

burring

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Usage examples of "burring".

I could remember my grandfather's words before I had ever seen a gannet dive: 'Aye,' he'd said, his thick, guttural voice burring at us, 'ye'll no' see a finer sight of heaven, for there's nae muckle fowl (he pronounced it the Norwegian way - Fugl) can dive like a solan goose.

Now she spoke, a burring warble, soft and sad and wondering, that needed Trixia to translate the words: “Daddy would have loved this plan.

Thorvin had told the pair of them to sit to one side while they finished their strange meeting: first him talking, then some kind of discussion in the burring Norse Shef could almost follow, and then a skin of some drink passed ceremoniously from hand to hand.

A beetle emerged from the left socket and flew away to the south with a harsh burring sound.