1A slub or lump in wool or cloth.

1. 1.1North American A rounded knotty growth on a tree, giving an attractive figure when polished and used especially for handcrafted objects and veneers.
   〈北美〉树瘤；树结
   she used warty burls to construct her pieces

   她用树瘤料构作她的作品。

   wooden coin banks made of elm burl

   用榆树瘤做成的硬币罐。

   as modifier a burl bowl

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The two Steves negotiated to get the burl to Ashland, and then Steve Sharps and his sons moved it to the current site, debarked it, and protected it with tung oil.
   • One piece of wood may be a very simple object, yet another piece may be entirely different and very complex, especially around a burl or knot.
   • Painstakingly made of molded leather subtly colored with many layers of thin acrylic glazes, they have patinas that suggest burl, bronze, marble, ceramic, cloth or even flesh.
   • The interior boasts nickel trim, American-walnut burl, premium leather and white instrument lighting - just like you'll find in the Navigator.
   • The focus of this article is not, however, the burls on the porch post, but the building itself.
   • Illustrated in the book are other articles made in the Dominy shop for family use, such as a wooden bowl made of a burl from an apple tree and a swift to wind wool yarn.
   • Designers are showing us flames in exotic woods like ebony or interesting burls with more complex finishes and more sculptural shapes.
   • If you absolutely must take home some burl art - woody outgrowths of dormant redwood tissue sold as furniture or woodenware - try one of these redwood galleries.
   • Bumpy, soccer-ball-sized burls punctuate one side; elsewhere it's crisscrossed with deep fissures that create bold basketweave patterns.
   • Veneers cut from burls also display the fascinating figure.
   • Cockpit controls are now logical and intuitive - and still swathed in buttery leather and glossy walnut burl.
   • This occurs when woody structures, known as burls grow down from underneath large branches.
   • The traditional look of walnut and the exotic look of burls have found a place in Framerica's line.
   • Tucked away in the forest, and only accessible to those with local knowledge, its old contorted paperbark trees exhibited gnarly branches, trunks and burls.
   • Heron, new carving set laid out, was making his first tentative passes at a small burl he had found on the beach, thinking that it appeared to him like a gull settling its wings after it had landed.
   • A large burl, from a logging block that Hayes was harvesting, has been carved by Huu-ay-aht First Nation members, and serves as a second seating area.
   • About 1800 some painters also began to try to emulate more stylish formal pieces by mimicking fine wood or burl gaining.
   • A similar item made from a burl was featured in a previous issue of The Chronicle.
   • Even the bark is impressive, with furrows 6 inches deep and a burl 5 feet across.
   • Our customers seem to like rare woods, like walnut burl, as well.

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