burin
a tempered steel rod, with a lozenge-shaped point and a rounded handle, used for engraving furrows in metal.
a similar tool used by marble workers.
a prehistoric pointed or chisel-like flint tool.
Origin of burin
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How to use burin in a sentence
Meanwhile, residents of Bracha settlement attacked burin village, throwing Molotov cocktails at Bashir al-Zein's home.
Nearly the last work of his burin was a portrait of Shakspeare, patronized by George Steevens.
A Walk from London to Fulham | Thomas Crofton CrokerIt seems a draughtsman working with a burnt stick; and yet the burin of a Retzsch is not more expressive or exact.
Life of Robert Burns | Thomas CarlyleThe first is to plough into the metal with a sharp steel instrument called a burin.
The Book of Art for Young People | Agnes ConwayThe plates were intended to develop a new process of reproduction, but had to be finished by the burin.
Upon these occasions, Master Tobias, purple with wrath, brandished his burin and raved.
Nicanor - Teller of Tales | C. Bryson Taylor
British Dictionary definitions for burin
/ (ˈbjʊərɪn) /
a chisel of tempered steel with a sharp lozenge-shaped point, used for engraving furrows in metal, wood, or marble
an engraver's individual style
archaeol a prehistoric flint tool with a very small transverse edge
Origin of burin
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