burin
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
burin (plural burins)
- A chisel with a sharp point, used for engraving; a graver.
- 2006, Stefan Zweig, translated by Anthea Bell, Chess, 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.
- A prehistoric flint tool
Derived terms
Translations
chisel
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A-Pucikwar
Etymology
Noun
burin
References
- Juliette Blevins, Linguistic clues to Andamanese pre-history: Understanding the North-South divide, pg. 22 (2009)
Aka-Kede
Etymology
Noun
burin
References
- Juliette Blevins, Linguistic clues to Andamanese pre-history: Understanding the North-South divide, p. 7
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
burin m (plural burins)
Derived terms
Further reading
burin on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr- “burin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*boro”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 15/1: Germanismes: A–Bryman, page 191
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