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Definition of Burin
1. Noun. A chisel of tempered steel with a sharp point; used for engraving.
Definition of Burin
1. n. The cutting tool of an engraver on metal, used in line engraving. It is made of tempered steel, one end being ground off obliquely so as to produce a sharp point, and the other end inserted in a handle; a graver; also, the similarly shaped tool used by workers in marble.
Definition of Burin
1. Noun. A chisel with a sharp point, used for engraving; a graver. ¹
2. Noun. A prehistoric flint tool. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Burin
1. an engraving tool [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burin
Literary usage of Burin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society by American Philosophical Society (1771)
"These burin blows remove burin spalls and leave behind a facet called a burin
... The linear juncture of the burin facet and the platform is the burin edge ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"This and later plates show the darks becoming less dramatic and the burin work
more "open". Raphael left much to Raimondi, never giving him a finished ..."
3. The American Coast Pilot: Containing the Courses and Distances Between the by Edmund March Blunt (1822)
"The ourse into this bay from Little burin island is north. All the land about
this bay is very high. In it are two islands, one a low barren island, ..."
4. How Prints are Made by Atherton Curtis (1907)
"It is known as a burin or a graver. The strength of the line is varied by ...
The engraver works by pushing the burin, holding it almost flat against the ..."
5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1858)
"The following is the method for preparing this solution as given by M. burin DE
BUISSON, pharmacien, of Lyons:— This dry and pulverized oxide is then ..."
6. Advanced Guide Canada's Atlantic Provinces by Barbara Radcliffe Rogers, Stillman Rogers (2005)
"The burin Peninsula Travelers tend to ignore the burin or treat it only as a ...
Geography & History On a map, the burin always reminds us of the hind foot ..."
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