Usually means: Removing knots from woven fabric.
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  1. burling: Merriam-Webster
  2. burling: Collins English Dictionary
  3. burling: Vocabulary.com
  4. Burling: Wordnik
  5. Burling, burling: Wiktionary
  6. Burling, burling: Dictionary.com
  7. Burling: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Burling: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. Burling: Rhymezone
  10. Burling: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. burling: FreeDictionary.org
  12. burling: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. burling: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Burling)

▸ noun:  A surname.

Similar:
slub, knot, Burlingame, Burland, Burlingham, Burlison, Burdell, burr, Burchell, Burch, more...

Opposite:
unraveling, untangling, unweaving

Phrases:
burling iron, Covington & Burling, more...

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Similar:
slub, knot, Burlingame, Burland, Burlingham, Burlison, Burdell, burr, Burchell, Burch, more...

Opposite:
unraveling, untangling, unweaving

Phrases:
burling iron, Covington & Burling, more...



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