burin
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Burin¹
- /ˈbjʊər.ɪn/
Rhymes with -ʊəɹɪn
Where it comes from
Likely derived from Basque buru (“head”), referring here to a headland or promontory.
proper noun
- A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.
burin²
- /ˈbjʊəɹɪn/ US
- /ˈbɝ.ɪn/ US
Rhymes with -ʊəɹɪn
Where it comes from
From French burin. Doublet of boline.
noun burins
- 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.
- A prehistoric flint tool
Translations
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noun chisel
| Español | buril |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Grabstichel |
| Italiano | bulino |
| Ελληνικά | σκαρπέλο skarpélo |
| Русский | резе́ц гравёра rezéc gravjóra, грабштихель grabštixelʹ |
noun prehistoric tool
| Deutsch | Stichel |
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