chisel
21chisel — to steal or cheat The imagery is from the removal of slivers from wood with a sharp instrument. The thefts so described may be minor and repetitious, and the cheating mean: Gotham liked to chisel whatever float it could over the weekend …
22chisel — [14] Chisel and scissors are related, for both come ultimately from Latin caedere ‘cut’ (source of a range of other English words from cement to concise and decide). From its past participle caesus was formed an unrecorded Vulgar Latin term for a …
23chisel — 1 noun (C) a metal tool with a sharp edge, used to cut wood or stone 2 verb chiselled, chiselling BrE, chiseled, chiseling AmE (T) 1 to use a chisel to cut wood or stone into a particular shape: chisel sth into/from/in etc: Martin chiselled a… …
24chisel — chis•el art at chlamys [[t]ˈtʃɪz əl[/t]] n. v. eled, el•ing (esp. brit.) elled, el•ling. 1) bui a wedgelike tool with a cutting edge at the end of the blade, often made of steel, used for cutting or shaping wood, stone, etc 2) to cut, shape, or… …
25chisel — /ˈtʃɪzəl / (say chizuhl) noun 1. a tool, as of steel, with a cutting edge at the extremity, usually transverse to the axis, for cutting or shaping wood, stone, etc. –verb (chiselled or, US, chiseled, chiselling or, US, chiseling) – …
26chisel — [14] Chisel and scissors are related, for both come ultimately from Latin caedere ‘cut’ (source of a range of other English words from cement to concise and decide). From its past participle caesus was formed an unrecorded Vulgar Latin term for a …
27chisel — or[muscle in on] {v. phr.} To illegitimately and forcefully intrude into someone s traditional sales or professional arena of operation. * /Tim has a good sales territory, but he is always afraid that someone might chisel in on it./ * /Las Vegas… …
28chisel — or[muscle in on] {v. phr.} To illegitimately and forcefully intrude into someone s traditional sales or professional arena of operation. * /Tim has a good sales territory, but he is always afraid that someone might chisel in on it./ * /Las Vegas… …
29chisel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. trim, pare, sculpt, carve; slang, swindle, cheat. See deception, sculpture, form. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. gouge, blade, edge; see knife , tool 1 . v. 1. [To work with a chisel] Syn. carve, hew, incise …
30chisel — chis·el || tʃɪzl n. tool with a sharp metal edge that is used to shape and cut wood and stone v. cut (wood, stone, etc.) with a chisel; cheat …
