[chiz-uh
l] 
noun, verb, -eled, -el⋅ing or (especially British) -elled, -el⋅ling.| 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. |
| 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. |
| 7. | to work with a chisel. |
| 8. | to trick; cheat. |
chis·el (chĭz'əl)  (click for larger image in new window) n. A metal tool with a sharp beveled edge, used to cut and shape stone, wood, or metal. v. chis·eled or chis·elled, chis·el·ing or chis·el·ling, chis·els v. tr.
[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. |