burin

The Oxford Dictionary of Art | 2004 | 289 words | Copyright

burin (or graver). The engraver's principal tool, consisting of a short steel rod mounted in a rounded wooden handle. Usually the rod is lozenge shaped in section, cut obliquely at the end to provide a point. The handle is pushed by the palm of the hand while the fingers guide the point.

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