Bū'rin, n.

noun

Bū'rin, n. [Fr. burin, It. burino, borino, bulino, bolino, Sp. & Pg. buril, boril, probably from O. H. Ger. bora, borer, borôn, borjan, to bore.]

An engraver's tool, of tempered steel, with one end ground off obliquely so as to produce a sharp cutting point, and the other end inserted in a handle; a graver.
The manner or style of execution of an engraver; as, a soft burin; a brilliant burin.

A long, slender instrument with a pointed tip at one end and a broad flared, rimmed end at the other.