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Burin

name
/ˈbjʊər.ɪn//ˈbjʊɚ.ɪn/US

Etymology

Likely derived from Basque buru (“head”), referring here to a headland or promontory.

  1. derived from buru — “head”

Definitions

  1. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.

  2. A chisel with a sharp point, used for engraving

    A chisel with a sharp point, used for engraving; a graver.

    • 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.

  3. A prehistoric flint tool

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA