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burin

[ byoor-in, bur- ]

noun

  1. a tempered steel rod, with a lozenge-shaped point and a rounded handle, used for engraving furrows in metal.
  2. a similar tool used by marble workers.
  3. a prehistoric pointed or chisel-like flint tool.


burin

/ ˈbjʊərɪn /

noun

  1. a chisel of tempered steel with a sharp lozenge-shaped point, used for engraving furrows in metal, wood, or marble
  2. an engraver's individual style
  3. archaeol a prehistoric flint tool with a very small transverse edge
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of burin1

First recorded in 1655–65; from French, from Italian burino (now bulino ) “graving tool,” equivalent to bur- (perhaps from Germanic; bore 2 ) + -ino -ine 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of burin1

C17: from French, perhaps from Italian burino , of Germanic origin: compare Old High German boro auger; see bore 1
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Example Sentences

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.

It seems a draughtsman working with a burnt stick; and yet the burin of a Retzsch is not more expressive or exact.

The first is to plough into the metal with a sharp steel instrument called a burin.

The 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.

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