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chiseled

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chis·eled or chis·elled  (chzld)
adj.
Made or shaped with or as if with a chisel: a finely chiseled nose.
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Adj.1.chiseled - having a clean and distinct outline as if precisely cut along the edges; "a finely chiseled nose"; "well-defined features"
well-defined
distinct - easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined; "a distinct flavor"; "a distinct odor of turpentine"; "a distinct outline"; "the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette"; "distinct fingerprints"


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Her finely chiseled, clean-cut face, with something red Indian about the firm mouth and strongly marked cheek bones, showed even at that distance traces of the friction of the passing years.
Beyond the City by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
Her face was oval and beautiful in the extreme, her every feature was finely chiseled and exquisite, her eyes large and lustrous and her head surmounted by a mass of coal black, waving hair, caught loosely into a strange yet becoming coiffure.
A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
They chiseled angels and cherubs and devils and skeletons on the tombstones in the most lavish and generous way--as to supply--but curiously grotesque and outlandish as to form.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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