chisel
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English[edit]
A wood chisel
Two cold chisel
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English chisel, chesel, borrowed from Old Northern French chisel, from Vulgar Latin *cisellum, from *caesellum, from Latin caesus, past participle of caedere (“to cut”).
Noun[edit]
chisel (plural chisels)
- A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end.
Translations[edit]
tool consisting of a slim oblong block of metal
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See also[edit]
Verb[edit]
chisel (third-person singular simple present chisels, present participle chiseling or chiselling, simple past and past participle chiseled or chiselled)
- (intransitive) To use a chisel.
- (transitive) To work something with a chisel.
- She chiselled a sculpture out of the block of wood.
- (transitive, intransitive, informal) To cheat, to get something from (someone) by cheating.
Usage notes[edit]
chiselling and chiselled are more common in the UK while chiseling and chiseled are more common in the US.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to use a chisel
to work something with a chisel
to cheat — see cheat
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English chisel, chesil, from Old English ċeosol, ċeosel, ċysel, ċisel, ċisil (“gravel, sand”), from Proto-West Germanic *kisil (“small stone, pebble”). See also chessom.
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
chisel (usually uncountable, plural chisels)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- chisel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- chisel in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- chisel at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Anglo-Norman chisel.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chisel (plural chisels)
- Any of several cutting tools used by stone masons.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “chisē̆l, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French[edit]
Noun[edit]
chisel m (oblique plural chiseaus or chiseax or chisiaus or chisiax or chisels, nominative singular chiseaus or chiseax or chisiaus or chisiax or chisels, nominative plural chisel)
- Alternative form of cisel
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