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chisel

[ chiz-uh l ]
/ ˈtʃɪz əl /
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noun

verb (used with object), chis·eled, chis·el·ing or (especially British) chis·elled, chis·el·ling.

verb (used without object), chis·eled, chis·el·ing or (especially British) chis·elled, chis·el·ling.

to work with a chisel.
to trick; cheat.

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RELATED WORDS

carve, sculpt, hew, sculpture, shape, incise, roughcast

Nearby words

chiru, chirurgeon, chirurgery, chirurgical, chisanbop, chisel, chisel plow, chisel point, chiseled, chiseler, chiselled

Origin of chisel

1325–75; Middle English < Anglo-French, variant of Old French cisel < Vulgar Latin *cīsellus, diminutive of *cīsus, for Latin caesus, past participle of caedere to cut, with -ī- generalized from prefixed derivatives; cf. excide

Related forms

chis·el·like, adjective

Definition for chiselled (2 of 2)

chiseled

[ chiz-uh ld ]
/ ˈtʃɪz əld /

adjective

cut, shaped, etc., with a chisel: chiseled stone.
sharply or clearly shaped; clear-cut: She has finely chiseled features.
Also especially British, chis·elled.

Origin of chiseled

First recorded in 1730–40; chisel + -ed2

Related forms

un·chis·eled, adjectiveun·chis·elled, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for chiselled (1 of 2)

chiselled

US chiseled

/ (ˈtʃɪzəld) /

adjective

carved or formed with or as if with a chisel
clear-cutfinely chiselled features

British Dictionary definitions for chiselled (2 of 2)

chisel

/ (ˈtʃɪzəl) /

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 -els, -elling or -elled or US -els, -eling or -eled

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

Word Origin for chisel

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