Burry \Burr"y\, a.
Abounding in burs, or containing burs; resembling burs; as,
burry wool.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
burry
adj : having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines
or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly
mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous
whiskers" [syn: barbed, barbellate, briary, briery,
bristled, bristly, burred, prickly, setose,
setaceous, spiny, thorny]
[also: burriest, burrier]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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