chisel
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.
has chiselled
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present perfectof chisel (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Have you ever heard of a prince or a count who has painted a picture, or a nobleman who has chiselled a statue?
From The Precipice by Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov
Beautiful instance of an exception to general rules in the Llanthony.torrent in its times of flood has chiselled away, leaving one exposed under another, with the sweeping marks of its eddies upon their edges.
From Modern Painters Volume I (of V) by John Ruskin
