left: cold metal chisel with a flat head
top to bottom: cape, round-nose, and diamond-point metal chisel heads
chis·el
(chĭz′əl)n.
A metal tool with a sharp beveled edge, used to cut and shape stone, wood, or metal.
v. chis·eled, chis·el·ing, chis·els or chis·elled or chis·el·ling
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 *cīsellus, cutting tool, from diminutive of Latin caesus, past participle of caedere, to cut; see kaə-id- in Indo-European roots.]
chis′el·er n.
chis·eled
or chis·elled (chĭz′əld)adj.
Made or shaped with or as if with a chisel: a finely chiseled nose.
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chiselled
(ˈtʃɪzəld) orchiseled
adj
1. (Crafts) carved or formed with or as if with a chisel
2. clear-cut: finely chiselled features.
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