burin

/ˈbjʊər.ɪn/

Etymology

Likely derived from Basque buru (“head”), referring here to a headland or promontory.

name

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.

noun

A chisel with a sharp point, used for engraving; a graver.“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.”
A prehistoric flint tool