chisel
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chis·el
[chiz-uh
l] noun, verb, chis·eled, chis·el·ing or ( especially British ) chis·elled, chis·el·ling. noun
1.
a wedgelike tool with a cutting edge at the end of the blade, often made of steel, used for cutting or shaping wood, stone, etc.
2.
3.
( initial capital letter ) Astronomy. the constellation Caelum.
verb (used with object)
4.
to cut, shape, or fashion by or as if by carving with a chisel.
5.
to cheat or swindle (someone): He chiseled me out of fifty dollars.
6.
to get (something) by cheating or trickery: He chiseled fifty dollars out of me.
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verb (used without object)
7.
to work with a chisel.
8.
to trick; cheat.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English < Anglo-French, variant of Old French cisel < Vulgar Latin *cīsellus, diminutive of *cīsus, for Latin caesus, past participle of caedere to cut, with -ī- generalized from prefixed derivatives; cf. excide
1325–75; Middle English < Anglo-French, variant of Old French cisel < Vulgar Latin *cīsellus, diminutive of *cīsus, for Latin caesus, past participle of caedere to cut, with -ī- generalized from prefixed derivatives; cf. excide
Related forms
chis·el·like, adjective
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chisel (ˈtʃɪzəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | 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, -els, -eling, -eled | |
| 2. | to carve (wood, stone, metal, etc) or form (an engraving, statue, etc) with or as with a chisel |
| 3. | slang to cheat or obtain by cheating |
| [C14: via Old French, from Vulgar Latin cīsellus (unattested), from Latin caesus cut, from caedere to cut] | |
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| Main Entry: | chisel |
| Part of Speech: | v |
| Definition: | See chizzle |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
chisel
1323, from O.Fr. cisel, from V.L. *cisellum "cutting tool," from L. caesellum, dim. of caesus pp. of caedere "to cut" (see concise). Slang sense of "to cheat, defraud" is first recorded in 1808 as chizzel; origin and connection to the older word are obscure.
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CHISEL definition
languageAn extension of C for VLSI design, implemented as a C preprocessor. It produces CIF as output.
["CHISEL - An Extension to the Programming language C for VLSI Layout", K. Karplus, PHD Thesis, Stanford U, 1982].
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Example sentences from the web
Three years had now elapsed without any production coming from his chisel.
In other words cam software usually comes with a machine such as a lathe or chisel.
In use, the chisel is forced into the material to cut the material.
Slick a large chisel driven by manual pressure, never struck.
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