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burin::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | chisel |
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burin
A variant of engraving, done with a sharp point, rather than a v-shaped burin.
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In that process the burin is held in the hand with the handle in the palm of the hand.
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Burin said plane crashes usually don't result from a single factor, but rather a chain of events.
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Breuil initially thought that the microburins had a functional use as a type of microlithic burin.
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Stippling means engraving with dots or little flicks of the burin, rather than the normal lines.
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Engraving using a burin is generally a difficult skill to learn.
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In engravings, artists create their images on the copper plate with a wedge-shaped tool called a burin.
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The burin is shaped so that the sharpened, cutting end takes the form of a lozenge, and points downward.
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The burin, unlike a plough, is pushed through the material.
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- A chisel of tempered steel with a sharp point; used for engraving
- Burin from the French burin meaning "cold chisel" has two specialised meanings for types of tools in English, one meaning a steel cutting tool which is the essential tool of engraving, and the other, in archaeology, meaning a special type of lithic flake with a chisel-like edge which was ...
- An engraving tool with a knob-like wooden handle and a metal shaft that has a sharply beveled point that cuts a V-shaped groove into a metal printing plate and provides a clean rich line for printing.
- A chisel-like tool with a pointed end. They had many uses, including carving or engraving bone, antler, and wood.
- A generally small flake tool which bears a short, chisel-like cutting edge. They are believed to have been used for engraving or scoring bone, antler or ivory prior to splitting.
- A type of chipped stone artifact characterized by the deliberate removal of small prismatic flakes (burin-spalls) down one or more edges. Commonly assumed to have served as engraving or carving tools.
- A graving tool used for engraving objects. Prehistoric versions are usually made of flint or other stone, later versions usually of metal.
- A stone tool common in the Upper Palaeolithic. Usually made of flint, it had a bevelled edge that was in particular used to carve and engrave bone.
- Blade tool, flaked on either or both ends to form a small chisel or grooving tool.
