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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chisel \Chis"el\, n. [OF. chisel, F. ciseau fr LL cisellus,
prob. for caesellus fr L. caesus, p. p. of caedere to cut.
Cf {Scissors}.]
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.
{Cold chisel}. See under {Cold}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chisel \Chis"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chiseled}, or {Chiselled}
(?); p. pr & vb n. {Chiseling}, or {Chiselling}.] [Cf. F.
ciseler.]
1. To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel; as to
chisel a block of marble into a statue.
2. To cut close as in a bargain; to cheat. [Slang]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
chisel
n : a hand tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge
v : carve with a chisel; "chisel the marble"
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
CHISEL
An extension of {C} for {VLSI} design, implemented as a C
{preprocessor}. It produces {CIF} as output.
["CHISEL - An Extension to the Programming language C for VLSI
Layout", K. Karplus PHD Thesis, Stanford U, 1982].
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