burr

BURR, n. The lobe or lap of the ear.

1. The round knob of a horn next a deer's head.

2. The sweetbread.

Burr-pump, or bilge-pump. A pump, having a staff of 6,7 or 8 feet long with a bar of wood to which the leather is nailed,which serves instead of a box. This staff is worked by men who pull it up and down, with a rope fastened to the middle of it.