Definition of chisel

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Chisel (v. t.) To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel; as, to chisel a block of marble into a statue..

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Chisel :: Chisel (v. t.) To cut close, as in a bargain; to cheat..
Rebate :: Rebate (n.) An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood..
Chipping :: Chipping (n.) The act or process of cutting or breaking off small pieces, as in dressing iron with a chisel, or reducing a timber or block of stone to shape..
Dexterity :: Dexterity (n.) Readiness and grace in physical activity; skill and ease in using the hands; expertness in manual acts; as, dexterity with the chisel..
Brad Awl :: Brad awl () A straight awl with chisel edge, used to make holes for brads, etc..
File :: File (n.) A steel instrument, having cutting ridges or teeth, made by indentation with a chisel, used for abrading or smoothing other substances, as metals, wood, etc..
Burr :: Burr (n.) A triangular chisel.
Fang :: Fang (v. t.) A projecting tooth or prong, as in a part of a lock, or the plate of a belt clamp, or the end of a tool, as a chisel, where it enters the handle..
Tool :: Tool (n.) An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner, smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other part of an instrument or machine that dresses work..
Making-iron :: Making-iron (n.) A tool somewhat like a chisel with a groove in it, used by calkers of ships to finish the seams after the oakum has been driven in..
Sculpture :: Sculpture (v. t.) To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave..
Cope-chisel :: Cope-chisel (n.) A narrow chisel adapted for cutting a groove.
Firmer-chisel :: Firmer-chisel (n.) A chisel, thin in proportion to its width. It has a tang to enter the handle instead of a socket for receiving it..
Enchisel :: Enchisel (v. t.) To cut with a chisel.
Boast :: Boast (v. t.) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel..
Chiselling :: Chiselling () of Chise.
Hardy :: Hardy (n.) A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole..
Quarry-faced :: Quarry-faced (a.) Having a face left as it comes from the quarry and not smoothed with the chisel or point; -- said of stones.
Drove :: Drove (n.) The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel; -- called also drove work.
Mallet :: Mallet (n.) A small maul with a short handle, -- used esp. for driving a tool, as a chisel or the like; also, a light beetle with a long handle, -- used in playing croquet..
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