/ˈbjʊər.ɪn/
OriginLikely derived from Basque buru (“head”), referring here to a headland or promontory.
- A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.
- 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
Formsburins(plural)