burins in English

noun
1
a steel tool used for engraving in copper or wood.
When Bellori chose portraits for his Lives, by a still unidentified artist, he or his amanuensis decided to include such props as a book for Nicolas Poussin and a burin for Agostino Carracci.

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3. However, the barb on some Burins is quite large, and therefore Burins and awls grade into each other

4. What does Burins mean? Plural form of burin

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6. Burins measure 4¾" long overall

7. Burins were used to gouge bone and antler in parallel tracks

8. The set of 6 Burins contains one each: #3 Point -

9. The awls shown here might be classed as Burins by some prehistorians

10. 3 Accidental burin blows, or impact Burins, result when a spear point or a

11. Burins (4 ½ inches long) Primary engraving tool for print makers

12. Burins (4 ½ inches long) Primary engraving tool for print makers

13. These Burins have wooden handles that fit comfortably into the palm of your hand

14. …serrated blades and gravers, or Burins, small scrapers with either pointed or narrow, chisel-like ends

15. Aurignacian people used the burins, or chisel like tools, to incise their tools and objects with symbolic signs

16. Burins (English name: gravers) are traditionally used on copper plates, and also work very well for carving end grain wood or Resingrave

17. Burins are not much to look at but these blades with their chiseled edges were not only the most important tool in the reindeer hunters’ toolkit, they changed the history of humanity

18. The Burins and other artifacts illustrated are part of a much larger collection of materials being analyzed and prepared for a forthcoming paper, "Toyon Cove, California--A Surface Site of the Western Pluvial Lakes Tradition," by Jean M

19. ‘Some groups mounted blades as axes, others as Adzes.’ ‘Stone tools include delicately made blades, microburins, burins, scrapers, and Adzes.’ ‘Technical ice tools are available with either bent or straight shafts and either hammerheads or Adzes.’ ‘I lift out one ax, twirl it, slam in the adze, and gingerly test it.’