burrel

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noun A kind of coarse russet cloth used in the middle ages.
noun A silk mentioned in the schedule of Queen Elizabeth's wardrobe.
noun [Also burrel-pear, altered, in simulation of burrel (OF. burel, reddish), ⟨ bury, bury-pear: see bury.] Same as bury.

noun A sort of pear, called also the red butter pear, from its smooth, delicious, soft pulp.
noun Same as borrel.

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According to Jerdon the burrel is fattest in September and October.

Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
According to the latter author the burrel prefers bare rocky hills, and when inhabiting those which are clothed with forest, rarely or never descends to the limits of the trees.

Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
In my opinion the flesh of the burrel surpasses in flavour the best mutton, and has moreover the advantage of being generally tender soon after the animal is killed. "

Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
"The favourite resorts of burrel are those hills which have slopes well covered with grass in the immediate vicinity of steep precipices, to which they can at once betake themselves in case of alarm.

Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
_ I got nothing more than a watch and ten guineas when Judy died, and sure that scarce paid for the burrel [burial]. "

Paul Clifford — Volume 01 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
I got nothing more than a watch and ten guineas when Judy died, and sure that scarce paid for the burrel [burial]. "

Paul Clifford — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838