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burin
[ byoor-in, bur- ]
noun
- 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.
burin
/ ˈbjʊərɪn /
noun
- 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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Origin of burin1
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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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