burin
[byoo r-in, bur-]
- 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 chisellike flint tool.
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Origin of burin
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Contemporary Examples
Meanwhile, residents of Bracha settlement attacked Burin village, throwing Molotov cocktails at Bashir al-Zein's home.
Historical Examples
Rembrandt's general use of the burin has been widely accepted.
Rembrandt's Etching Technique: An ExamplePeter Morse
Towards the close of his life Audran laid by the burin for the pen.
Engraving: Its Origin, Processes, and HistoryHenri Delaborde
Burin was a pretty spot, and I saw it better on my return when there was no fog.
Sport in Vancouver and NewfoundlandJohn Rogers
Aretino is an improvvisatore, clever with the pen he uses like a burin.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian LiteratureJohn Addington Symonds
She learned to handle the burin, and succeeded in this as in every thing else.
History of the Girondists, Volume IAlphonse de Lamartine
burin
- 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
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Word Origin
C17: from French, perhaps from Italian burino, of Germanic origin: compare Old High German boro auger; see bore 1
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Word Origin and History for burin
n.
engraver's tool, 1660s, from French burin, cognate with Italian bolino, Spanish buril, perhaps from Old High German bora "tool for boring" (see bore (v.)).
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