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chisel

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A wood chisel
 
Two cold chisel

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪzəl/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪzəl

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English chisel, chesel, from Old Northern French chisel, cisel, from cisoir (with a change in suffix), from Late Latin cīsōrium (“cutting tool”), from Latin caedere (“cut”).

Noun edit

chisel (plural chisels)

  1. A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end.
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Verb edit

chisel (third-person singular simple present chisels, present participle chiseling or chiselling, simple past and past participle chiseled or chiselled)

  1. (intransitive) To use a chisel.
  2. (transitive) To work something with a chisel.
    She chiselled a sculpture out of the block of wood.
  3. (transitive, intransitive, informal) To cheat, to get something from (someone) by cheating.
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chiselling and chiselled are more common in the UK while chiseling and chiseled are more common in the US.

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to cheat — see cheat

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle English chisel, chesil, from Old English ċeosol, ċeosel, ċysel, ċisel, ċisil (“gravel, sand”), from Proto-West Germanic *kesul (“small stone, pebble”). See also chessom.

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Noun edit

chisel (usually uncountable, plural chisels)

  1. Gravel.
  2. (usually in the plural) Coarse flour; bran; the coarser part of bran or flour.
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Etymology edit

From Anglo-Norman chisel.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈsɛːl/, /ˈt͡ʃisɛl/, /ˈt͡ʃeːsɛl/

Noun edit

chisel (plural chisels)

  1. Any of several cutting tools used by stone masons.

Descendants edit

  • English: chisel
  • Yola: chisool

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Noun edit

chisel oblique singular, m (oblique plural chiseaus or chiseax or chisiaus or chisiax or chisels, nominative singular chiseaus or chiseax or chisiaus or chisiax or chisels, nominative plural chisel)

  1. (Old Northern French) Alternative form of cisel
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