burin
Plate incising tool
A burin is a pointed steel tool used for engraving metal or wood.
The cutting edge is ground to a precise angle, allowing the engraver to carve fine lines into the surface: She pushed the burin through the copper plate with steady pressure.
The term also refers to prehistoric flint tools with similar pointed tips, used for scraping or incising.
More solemn or severe
- intaglioCarving cut below surface
- copperplateFormal looped penmanship
- incisingCutting into material
- stylusPointed implement for marking
drypoint · mezzotint · aquatint · etching · line · crosshatch · stipple · plate
Carving cut below surface
- copperplateFormal looped penmanship
- plateFlat dish for food
- inkingApplying liquid pigment
- proofDemonstration of truth
edition · press · paper · ink · matrix · pulled · brayer · registration
Flat cutting edge
- pointExact location or meaning
- edgeBoundary or sharpness
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- sharpenedMade more cutting
handle · lozenge · square · flat · round · angled · tempered · carbide
Spark-producing sedimentary rock
- stoneSolid earth fragment
- flakeThin detached fragment
- knappingFracturing stone for tools
- paleolithicEarliest tool-making period
neolithic · scraper · lithic · artifact · obsidian · chert · toolmaking · archaeology
Crafting items from gold
- silversmithingCrafting objects from precious metal
- chasingFollowing to catch
- jewelryOrnamental personal accessories
- filigreeDelicate twisted-wire ornamentation
ornamentation · incision · engraver · decorative · precious · hallmark · punching · tooling
graver
More solemn or severe
- intaglioCarving cut below surface
- copperplateFormal looped penmanship
- incisingCutting into material
stylus · drypoint · mezzotint · aquatint · etching · line · crosshatch · stipple · plate · scoring
intaglio
Carving cut below surface
- copperplateFormal looped penmanship
- plateFlat dish for food
- inkingApplying liquid pigment
proof · edition · press · paper · ink · matrix · pulled · brayer · registration · impression
blade
Flat cutting edge
sharpened · handle · lozenge · square · flat · round · angled · tempered · carbide · shaft
flint
Spark-producing sedimentary rock
paleolithic · neolithic · scraper · lithic · artifact · obsidian · chert · toolmaking · archaeology · prehistoric
goldsmithing
Crafting items from gold
- silversmithingCrafting objects from precious metal
- chasingFollowing to catch
- jewelryOrnamental personal accessories
filigree · ornamentation · incision · engraver · decorative · precious · hallmark · punching · tooling · embossing
- outilsmetre, lime, cutter
- carvingcarve, carved, whittle, whittled, chisel
- printmakingprints, print, printing, woodcuts, woodcut
- Stone Agecave painting, paleolithic, hand ax, handaxes, hand axe
- engravingetching, graver, copper plates, intaglio, engraver
- goldsmithinggoldsmithing, gold work, goldsmith, jeweler, anvil