firmer chisel

American  

[fur-mer] / ˈfɜr mər /

noun

Carpentry.

1. a narrow-bladed chisel for paring and mortising, driven by hand pressure or with a mallet.

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firmer chisel British  

/ ˈfɜːmə /

noun

1. Sometimes shortened to: firmer.  a chisel or gouge with a thin blade, used on wood

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Etymology

Origin of firmer chisel

1680–90; firmer < French fermoir, blend of formoir that which forms (derivative of former to form < Latin fōrmāre ) and fermer to make firm (< Latin firmāre )

Example Sentences

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firmer chisel

Chisels.—The principal kinds of chisels are the paring chisel which is used entirely by hand, and the firmer chisel which is used with the mallet.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose

Edge tools are the firmer chisel, the mortise chisel, the socket chisel, the gouge, the hatchet, the adze, the drawing knife.

From Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 by Peter C. Welsh

A chisel should not, however, be used alternately as a paring and a firmer chisel, because the paring chisel requires to be kept in much better condition than the firmer chisel does.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose

The shape of handle for a firmer chisel is shown in Fig.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose

A paring chisel worn to half its original length will serve for a firmer chisel, because when so worn it is long enough for the duty.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose