burin
- noun
- /ˈbjʊərɪn/
- Specialized
:
buril
- A way of understanding this in the context of the unique characteristics of engraving is to consider the fact that these images could not be achieved in any other way than by printing a plate worked with a burin.
Examples
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The lines above his eyes deepening, he began scratching figures into the cortical bone with the burin tip.
Fiction book (1990) -
Her hands were unsightly, scarred from the burin and ingrained with ink.
Fiction book (1993) -
"Too many." Singing Wolf expertly bent his fingers around the burin as it scratched on the flat bone he held.
Fiction book (1990) -
The burin in Singing Wolf's fingers scritched hollowly on the bone.
Fiction book (1990) -
It was a distinction between the steely discipline of driving the burin through the copper and the looseness of an unencumbered stylus.
Academic text (2013) -
By the time of his maturity, it is reasonable to say that Albrecht Dürer had pushed engraving to the fullest extent of its technical limits, pulling out everything that was possible in the application of a burin to a copper plate.
Academic text (2013) -
The artist carefully etched the design onto the metal surface using a burin for precision.
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He demonstrated how to create intricate patterns by incising the wood with a sharp burin.
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In her workshop, she explained the techniques of engraving, highlighting the importance of the burin.
Synonyms
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A small sharp tool engravers use to cut lines into metal or wood
How Pointed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Burin comes from French, where a similar word bur meant 'beak' or 'point'. A helpful image is a sharp bird beak cutting tiny lines into metal, which is what a burin does.