chisel
noun
[ ˈtʃɪz(ə)l ]
• 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"
chisel
verb
• cut or shape (something) with a chisel.
• "chisel a hole through the brickwork"
• cheat or swindle (someone) out of something.
• "he's chiselled me out of my dues"
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.
