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   chisel

   /ˈtʃɪzl/

   noun

   • 1. a long-bladed hand tool with a bevelled cutting edge and a handle which is struck with a hammer or mallet, used to cut or shape wood, stone, or metal: "cut away the tiles with a broad-bladed steel chisel"

   verb

   • 1. cut or shape (something) with a chisel: "chisel a hole through the brickwork"
   • 2. cheat or swindle (someone) out of something: informal North American "he's chiselled me out of my dues"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old Northern French, based on Latin cis- (as in late Latin cisorium), variant of caes-, stem of caedere ‘to cut’. Compare with scissors.

   Derivatives

   • 1. chiseller noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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