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English

Etymology

From French burin. Doublet of boline.

Noun

burin (plural burins)

1. A chisel with a sharp point, used for engraving; a graver.
   • 2006, Stefan Zweig, Chess, translated by Anthea Bell, 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.

2. A prehistoric flint tool

Derived terms

• burination
• burinate

Translations

Further reading

• burin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Bruin, Bruni, Rubin, bruin, rub in, rubin

A-Pucikwar

Etymology

From Proto-Great Andamanese *bur?/in

Noun

burin

1. hill
2. mountain

References

• Juliette Blevins, Linguistic clues to Andamanese pre-history: Understanding the North-South divide, pg. 22 (2009)

Aka-Kede

Etymology

From Proto-Great Andamanese *bur?/in

Noun

burin

1. hill, mountain

References

• Juliette Blevins, Linguistic clues to Andamanese pre-history: Understanding the North-South divide, p. 7

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian burino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /by.???/

Noun

burin m (plural burins)

1. burin, graver

Derived terms

• buriner

Further reading

• burin on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• “burin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• bruni

English

Alternative forms

• burrion

Etymology

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Noun

burion (plural burions)

1. (archaic) The red-breasted house sparrow of California (Haemorhous mexicanus, formerly Carpodacus mexicanus, Carpodacus frontalis).

Synonyms

• house finch

Anagrams

• Rubino, Urbino