Chisel

['tʃɪz(ə)l] or ['tʃɪzl]

Definition

(noun.) an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge.

(verb.) carve with a chisel; 'chisel the marble'.

Checker: Lowell--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a mallet or hammer.

(v. t.) To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel; as, to chisel a block of marble into a statue.

(v. t.) To cut close, as in a bargain; to cheat.

Checker: Maryann

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Cut, carve, sculpture.

Inputed by Leslie

Definition

n. an iron or steel tool to cut or hollow out wood stone &c.: esp. the tool of the sculptor.—v.t. to cut carve &c. with a chisel: (slang) to cheat:—pr.p. chis′elling; pa.p. chis′elled.—adj. Chis′elled cut with a chisel; (fig.) having sharp outlines as cut by a chisel.—n. Chis′elling.—adj. Chis′el-shaped.—n. Chis′el-tooth the scalpriform perennial incisor of a rodent.

n. See Chesil.

Editor: Martin

Examples

Checker: Louie

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