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chisel
(redirected from Masonry chisel (substitution))

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chis·el  (chzl)
n.
A metal tool with a sharp beveled edge, used to cut and shape stone, wood, or metal.
v. chis·eled or chis·elled, chis·el·ing or chis·el·ling, chis·els
v.tr.
1. To shape or cut with a chisel.
2. Informal
a. To cheat or swindle.
b. To obtain by deception.
v.intr.
1. To use a chisel.
2. Informal
a. To use unethical methods; cheat: "who's up, who's down and who's chiseling on the side" (James Reston).
b. To intrude oneself without welcome: always tries to chisel in on our conversations.

[Middle English, from Old French cisiel, from Vulgar Latin *csellus, cutting tool, from diminutive of Latin caesus, past participle of caedere, to cut; see ka-id- in Indo-European roots.]

chisel·er n.
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chisel
left: cold metal chisel with a flat head
top to bottom: cape, round-nose, and diamond-point metal chisel heads

chisel [ˈtʃɪzəl]
n
(Engineering / Tools)
a.  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
b.  a similar tool without a handle for working stone or metal
vb -els, -elling, -elled US, -els -eling, -eled
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Crafts) to carve (wood, stone, metal, etc.) or form (an engraving, statue, etc.) with or as with a chisel
2. (Slang) to cheat or obtain by cheating
[via Old French, from Vulgar Latin cīsellus (unattested), from Latin caesus cut, from caedere to cut]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.chisel - an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edgechisel - an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge
burin - a chisel of tempered steel with a sharp point; used for engraving
cold chisel, set chisel - narrow chisel made of steel; used to cut stone or bricks
drove chisel, drove - a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone
edge tool - any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge)
firmer chisel - a chisel with a thin blade for woodworking
ripping chisel - a long chisel with a slightly bent cutting end; used for heavy prying or cleaning mortises
wood chisel - a chisel for working wood; it is either struck with a mallet or pushed by hand
Verb1.chisel - engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?"
job - profit privately from public office and official business
shark - play the shark; act with trickery
rig, set up - arrange the outcome of by means of deceit; "rig an election"
cozen - act with artful deceit
crib - use a crib, as in an exam
cozen, deceive, delude, lead on - be false to; be dishonest with
fudge, fake, falsify, misrepresent, wangle, manipulate, cook - tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"
2.chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
gazump - raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price
cozen - cheat or trick; "He cozened the money out of the old man"
fleece, gazump, overcharge, plume, rob, soak, surcharge, hook, pluck - rip off; ask an unreasonable price
bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, swindle, short-change, victimize - deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
bilk - cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money
bunk, beat - avoid paying; "beat the subway fare"
whipsaw - victimize, especially in gambling or negotiations
welch, welsh - cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt
victimise, victimize - make a victim of; "I was victimized by this con-man"
beguile, hoodwink, juggle - influence by slyness
3.chisel - carve with a chisel; "chisel the marble"
chip at, carve - engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface; "carve one's name into the bark"
Translations
chisel [ˈtʃɪzl] (chiselled (Brit) or chiseled (US) (vb: pt, pp))
A. N (for wood) → formón m, escoplo m; (for stone) → cincel m
B. VT
1. (also chisel out) [+ wood] → tallar; [+ stone] → cincelar; (= carve) → tallar, labrar
chiselled features (fig) → facciones fpl marcadas
2. (= swindle) → timar, estafar

chisel [ˈtʃɪzəl] nciseau m

chisel
nMeißel m; (for wood) → Beitel m
vtmeißeln; (in wood) → stemmen; her finely chiselled featuresihr fein geschnittenes Gesicht

chisel [ˈtʃɪzl]
1. nscalpello; (smaller) → cesello; (for engraving) → bulino
2. vt (chiselled, Am chiseled (pt, pp)) (also chisel out) → scolpire, cesellare, incidere con il bulino

chisel
n chisel [ˈtʃizl]
a tool with a cutting edge at the end. beitel إزْميل длето dláto; rýč mejsel; stemmejern der Meißel σμίλη cincel peitel اسکنه taltta ciseau מִפסֶלֶת छेनी dlijeto véső pahat meitill; sporjárn cesello のみ kaltas kalts pahat beitel meisel dłuto formão daltă стамеска dláto dleto dleto mejsel, stäm-, huggjärn สิ่ว keski, çelik kalem 鑿子 долото; стамеска بسولی cái đục 凿子
vpast tense, past participle ˈchiselled , (American ) ˈchiseled
to cut or carve (wood etc) with a chisel. uitbeitel, beeldhou يَقْطَعُ ، يَنْحَتُ بالأزْميل дялкам dlabat; rýt mejsle; stemme meißeln σμιλεύω cincelar peiteldama, nikerdama با اسکنه تراشیدن یا حک کردن työstää, veistää ciseler לְגָלֵף छेनी से काटना obrađivati dlijetom, klesati vés memahat meitla; spora, skera cesellare のみで彫る (나무 등을) 새기다 (iš)kalti (kaltu) kalt memahat beitelen meisle, hogge ut dłutować, żłobić (dłutem) talhar a cizela; a dăltui работать стамеской dlabať izsekati (z dletom) dubiti dletom mejsla, hugga ut สกัดด้วยสิ่ว keski ile yontmak/oymak різьбити; витісувати چھیل کر کچھ بنانا đục; chạm trổ

chisel إزميل dláto mejsel Meißel σμίλη cincel taltta burin dlijeto scalpello beitel meisel dłuto cinzel долото mejsel สิ่ว keski cái đục 凿子


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