| Definitions | noun
- A tool consisting of a slim oblong block of metal which is flattened to a sharp edge at one end and attached to a handle at the other end. It is used mainly to remove parts of stone or wood by placing the sharp edge against the material and pounding the handle with a hammer.
Translations: - Dutch: beitel
- German: MeiíŸel
- Italian: scalpello
- Spanish: formón (for wood), cincel (stone, metal, etc.)
verb
- (intransitive) To use a chisel.
- (transitive) To work something with a chisel.
- She chiselled a sculpture out of the block of wood.
- (colloquial) To cheat, to get something by cheating.
Translations: - French: ciseler
- German: meiíŸeln
Etymology: From cisel (modern: ciseau), from , from caesellum.
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