burin

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English

A burin (chisel) consisting of the handle, shaft, cutting tip and face.
burin on a blade

Etymology

From French burin. Doublet of boline.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbjʊɚ.ɪn/, /ˈbɝ.ɪn/

Noun

burin (plural burins)

  1. A chisel with a sharp point, used for engraving; a graver.
    • 2006, Stefan Zweig, translated by Anthea Bell, Chess, London: Penguin:
      I kept staring at the same wallpaper on the same wall; I stared at it so often that every line of its zigzag pattern has etched itself on the innermost folds of my brain as if with an engraver’s burin.
  2. A prehistoric flint tool

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A-Pucikwar

Etymology

From Proto-Great Andamanese *burə/in.

Noun

burin

  1. hill
  2. mountain

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Aka-Kede

Etymology

From Proto-Great Andamanese *burə/in.

Noun

burin

  1. hill, mountain

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian burino.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /by.ʁɛ̃/
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Noun

burin m (plural burins)

  1. burin, graver

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