Gobi burin

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noun

a wedge-shaped engraving tool made by Pleistocene hunters on both the Asian and American sides of the Bering Strait.

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Origin of Gobi burin

After Gobi Desert, where tools and cores of a comparable type were found

Words nearby Gobi burin

go belly-up, go berserk, go-between, Gobi, Gobian, Gobi burin, Gobind Singh, gobioid, goblet, goblet cell, goblin

How to use Gobi burin in a sentence

The town of Liqian sits on the edge of the Gobi desert, 200 miles from any metropolis, and 4,500 miles from Rome.
The Chinese Town Descended From Romans?|Nina Strochlic|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Under Mongolian law, any fossil specimen found in the Gobi Desert must stay in the possession of a Mongolian institution.
Stopping the Million-Dollar Fossil Thieves: Illegal Trade Meets World of Insatiable Research|Scott Bixby|June 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Meanwhile, residents of Bracha settlement attacked Burin village, throwing Molotov cocktails at Bashir al-Zein's home.
Report: Israel Finds Tunnels Under West Bank Wall|Orly Halpern|June 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Nearly the last work of his burin was a portrait of Shakspeare, patronized by George Steevens.
A Walk from London to Fulham|Thomas Crofton Croker

It 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 Carlyle
They style themselves, as well as the place they inhabit, Gobi.
Travels in Central Asia|Arminius Vmbry
At midnight we reach our destination, a settlement called Manchury, lost in a corner of the desert of Gobi.
Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan|Pter Vay
We were crossing the north-eastern border of the Gobi desert, and if ever desert was rightly so named, it is this one.
Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan|Pter Vay