Burin
or GRAVER, the principal instrument used in copper engraving, is made of tempered steel, and is of prismatic form, the graving end being ground off obliquely to a sharp point.
The distinctive style of a master is frequently described by such expressions as a soft burin, a graphic burin or a brilliant burin.
BURITI (bur-rētē), a South American palm (mauritia vinifera) growing to the height of 100 to 150 feet, preferring marshy situations, and bearing an imposing crown of of fan-shaped leaves.
A sweet vinous liquor is prepared from the juice of the stem, as also from the fruits.
BURLEIGH his most important works, aside from his speeches, are "A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful" (1756); "Reflections on the French Revolution" (1790),,; and "Letters on a Regicide Peace." He died in Beaconsfield, England, July 9, 1797.