Definition of Chisel

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Chisel

A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a mallet or hammer.

To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel; as, to chisel a block of marble into a statue.

To cut close, as in a bargain; to cheat.

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Chisel Quotations

War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

It is well with me only when I have a chisel in my hand.
Michelangelo

Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.
Samuel Butler

A sculptor wields The chisel, and the stricken marble grows To beauty.
William C. Bryant

A disease and its treatment can be a series of humiliations, a chisel for humility.
Laurel Lee

Chisel Translations

chisel in Danish is mejsel
chisel in Dutch is beitelen
chisel in French is ciseler, ciseau, buriner
chisel in Norwegian is meisel
chisel in Spanish is cincelar, cincel, desbastador
chisel in Swedish is mejsel, mejsla

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