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▪ I. burler|ˈbɜːlə(r)| Also 6 borler, 7 buriler. [f. burl v.1 + -er1. The form borler doubtfully belongs here: see also buriller.] One who dresses cloth by removing knots and extraneous particles.
1483Cath. Angl. 48 A burler, extuberarius. c1500Cocke Lorell's B. (1843) 9 Borlers, tapstry workemakers and dyers. 1565J. Halle Hist. Expost. 8 One Thomas Lufkyn..a fuller, and burler of clothe. 1720Stow's Surv. (ed. Strype 1754) II. v. x. 286/2 The..sheriffs caused to appear before them the Dyers, Taylors, Burilers..and fullers. 1757Dyer Fleece (1807) 96 The clothier's shears And burler's thistle skim the surface sheen. 1875Ure Dict. Arts I. 550 Burlers, women are so called who are engaged in removing from woollen cloths, with tweezers, all irregular threads or hair. ▪ II. burler variant of birler. |