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burin

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burin
1. a chisel of tempered steel with a sharp lozenge-shaped point, used for engraving furrows in metal, wood, or marble
2. an engraver's individual style
3. Archaeol a prehistoric flint tool with a very small transverse edge

burin [′bər·ən]
(graphic arts)
An etching tool used for engraving on metal or wood.


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1997, Hydrotectonic models of burin diagenesis in platform carbonates based on formation water geochemistry in North American sedimentary basins, in Montanez, I.
UCLA safety Ben Emanuel scooped up the ball and raced 92 yards to give the Burins two more points.
At times the essays appear to have been written with a burin.
 
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