burin

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see also: Burin

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Noun

burin (plural burins)

1. A chisel with a sharp point, used for engraving; a graver.
   • 2006, Stefan Zweig, Chess, translated by Anthea Bell, 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

Translations

• Italian: bulino
• Russian: резе́ц гравёра

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Burin

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Proper noun

1. A town in Newfoundland and Labrador

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