burin (burin)

[F. burin, shaped point, fixed in a handle the end of which, held in the han hand, is rounded at the top; a graver. Pushed forward by the hand in any desired direction, it cuts a shallow or deep furrow, according to the pre ure exerted. When, as Burin. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary burin in etching, bitten lines, or lines made with the dry-point, are imperfect or weak, the burin is used to repair or strengthen them. 2. The manner or style of execution of an engraver: as, a soft burin; a brilliant burin. -3. A steel graver used by marble-workers. Also spelled burine. burinist (bū'rin-ist), n. [ All the great original burinists did not invent, but reproduced with the burin. The American, V. 124.