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Image:Chisel wood 24mm.jpg|thumb|A wood chisel.

Etymology
From OF. cisel (modern: ciseau), from VL. *cisellum, from L. caesellum.

Pronunciation
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Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪz�l|-ɪz�l

Noun
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1. 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.

Slovak: dlato n
Slovenian: dleto n
Spanish: formón m (for wood), cincel m (stone, metal, etc.)
Telugu: శాన� (SaanaM?)
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See also
burin
graver

Verb
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1. intransitive To use a chisel.
2. transitive To work something with a chisel.

#: She chiselled a sculpture out of the block of wood.

1. colloquial To cheat, to get something by cheating.

Derived terms
chiseler, chiseller
chisel in on

Translations
trans-top|to use a chisel
French: ciseler
German: mei�eln
Ido: cizelagar
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Latin: caelum
Maltese: skarpella m, skarpellat f
Telugu: ������ (chekku)
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trans-top|to work something with a chisel
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trans-top|to cheat
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