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sand-bur U.S.|ˈsændbɜː(r)|
Also sand-burr.
[f. sand n.2 + bur n.]
The small prickly fruit of any of several plants, esp. a bur-grass of the genus Cenchrus or an annual herb, Franseria acanthicarpa; also, any of several plants bearing such a fruit. Also attrib.
1830W. A. Ferris Life in Rocky Mts. (1940) vi. 28 These grass-knots, are called ‘Sand-burrs’. 1834A. Pike Prose Sk. & Poems 48 To add to our comforts, the ground here was covered with sand-burs. 1867E. Eggleston in Little Corporal Sept. 37/1 A bad name..sticks to you like a sand-burr. 1896Voice (N.Y.) 12 Mar. 4/4 The Prohibitionists of the state [Kansas] are soon to meet at Topeka again and feed sand-burs to Governor Morrill. 1904Topeka (Kansas) Daily Capital 11 June 4 A sandbur will grapple on to a man's coat tail and stay there all day just to get a chance to fall into his bed at night. 1948F. Blake Johnny Christmas i. 39 Weatherby stalked back to his bed, knocked the sandburs from his socks, and..pulled his blankets over his ears. 1957L. Eiseley Immense Journey 69 There passed before my eyes the million airy troopers of the milkweed pod and the clutching hooks of the sandburs. 1971Country Life 4 Nov. 1193/1 These [impurities] include the long spiky seeds of shepherd's needle..and the viciously armed burs of the sand-bur grasses..from South America. |