burin

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A burin was a flaked rock tool with a chisel-like edge probably used to remove flesh from bone.

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  1. noun A steel cutting tool with a sharp beveled point, used in engraving or carving stone. Also called graver.
  2. noun The style or technique of an engraver's work.
  3. noun Archaeology A stone tool with a chisellike head. Also called graver.

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  • The mediums of oils and tempera are especially adapted to the requirements of those who see things rather as a diaper of shapes than as a map of lines; while for these last the point of pen, burin, or etching-needle offers the most congenial implement. —  Albert Durer
  • You have to bear physical witness to each pucker and weave of canvas, each swerve of the burin, each splash of puddled ink in an Old Master drawing. —  New York Sun - All Articles
  • A burin was a flaked rock tool with a chisel-like edge probably used to remove flesh from bone. —  msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
  • Also, HDTV reviews reported that the HDTV has no burin-in or screen aging. —  xml's Blinklist.com
  • Many artists attempted to fix that glance and that smile with pencil or burin, but how few were successful Illustration: EDMOND DE GONCOURT By Eugטne Carriטre Lithographed in 1895 One of these few was the sculptor Alfred Lenoir, in a remarkable work executed quite at the end of Edmond de Goncourt's life. —  Renée Mauperin
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  1. French, probably from obsolete Italian burino, of Germanic origin.

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  1. from French burin, from Italian borino (cf. Old Spanish boril, Spanish Portuguese buril), a gravers' chisel, prob. from Old High German bora, a borer, gimlet, = English bore, n.
 

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