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chisellike

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chis⋅el

  [chiz-uhl] noun, verb, -eled, -el⋅ing or (especially British) -elled, -el⋅ling.
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–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. chisel plow.
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.
–verb (used without object)
7. to work with a chisel.
8. to trick; cheat.
Origin:
1325–75; ME < AF, var. of OF cisel < VL *cīsellus, dim. of *cīsus, for L caesus, ptp. of caedere to cut, with -ī- generalized from prefixed derivatives; cf. excide

Related forms:
chis⋅el⋅like, adjective
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: chis·el
Pronunciation: 'chiz-&l
Function: noun
: a metal tool with a cutting edge at the end of a blade; especially : one used in dentistry (as for cutting or shaping enamel)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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