/
ˈtʃɪz(ə)l/
n.
a long-bladed hand tool with a bevelled cutting edge, struck with a hammer or mallet to cut or shape wood, stone, or metal.
v.
(chisels, chiselling, chiselled; US chisels, chiseling, chiseled)
- cut or shape with a chisel.
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[as adj. chiselled]
(of a man's facial features) strongly and clearly defined.
- informal, chiefly N. Amer. cheat or swindle (someone) out of something.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from Old North. Fr., based on L. cis- (as in late L. cisorium), var. of caes-, caedere ‘to cut’.