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Burin means A chisel with a sharp point, used for engraving; a graver..
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/ˈbjʊɚ.ɪn/ · 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.
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Burin means A chisel with a sharp point, used for engraving; a graver..
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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.
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