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chisel

[chiz-uhl]

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noun

a wedgelike tool with a cutting edge at the end of the blade, often made of steel, used for cutting or shaping wood, stone, etc.
chisel plow.
Astronomy.��Chisel, the constellation Caelum.

verb (used with object)

chiseled, chiseling , chiselled, chiselling .

to cut, shape, or fashion by or as if by carving with a chisel.
to cheat or swindle (someone).
He chiseled me out of fifty dollars.
to get (something) by cheating or trickery.
He chiseled fifty dollars out of me.

verb (used without object)

chiseled, chiseling , chiselled, chiselling .

to work with a chisel.
to trick; cheat.

chisel

/ ˈ��ʃɪ��ə�� /

noun

1. a hand tool for working wood, consisting of a flat steel blade with a cutting edge attached to a handle of wood, plastic, etc. It is either struck with a mallet or used by hand
2. a similar tool without a handle for working stone or metal

verb

to carve (wood, stone, metal, etc) or form (an engraving, statue, etc) with or as with a chisel
slang��to cheat or obtain by cheating

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Other Word Forms

chisel-like adjective
chisellike adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of chisel¹

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, from Anglo-French, variant of Old French cisel, from unattested Vulgar Latin ��ī��ܲ�, diminutive of unattested ��ī��ܲ�, for Latin caesus, past participle of caedere “to cut,” with -ī- generalized from prefixed derivatives; excide

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Word History and Origins

Origin of chisel¹

C14: via Old French, from Vulgar Latin ��ī��ܲ� (unattested), from Latin caesus cut, from caedere to cut

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Satchwell was re-arrested and changed his story saying his wife flew at him with a chisel and she died as he tried to hold her off.

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Instead, Law’s chiseled abs and insouciant grin were the secondi piatti following the generous serving of Andrew Scott’s Hot Priest on “Fleabag.”

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But you’ve earned an opportunity,’” said Banister, who at 61 has the tan, chiseled good looks and plain-spoken manner of a Western movie sheriff.

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She watched from her patio wall as five volunteers chiseled the historic tiles from the stairs and from her massive living room fireplace.

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At burials excavated at one site, over 85 iron objects - knives, arrowhead, rings, chisels, axes and swords - were found inside and outside burial urns.

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blade��
knife��

Chisanbop chiseled

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