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1) (textile) A small knot or lump in wool, yarn or fabric. | 1) (textile) A small knot or lump in wool, yarn or fabric. | ||
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* Ralph Mayer, ''A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques'', Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing) | * Ralph Mayer, ''A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques'', Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing) | ||
Latest revision as of 07:43, 11 May 2022
Description
1) (textile) A small knot or lump in wool, yarn or fabric.
2) (wood) A large, round growth on the trunk of a tree. Burls have irregular figuring that is valued for veneer and decorative wood objects.
Synonyms and Related Terms
radica (It.)
Resources and Citations
- Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
- Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998