chisel

Etymology 1
From, , from , from (with a change in suffix), from , from.

Noun

 * 1) A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end.

Translations

 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: إِزْمِيل
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: до́лата, зубі́ла, стаме́ска
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chechen: урс
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 鑿
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish:, stemmejern
 * Dargwa: уршури
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ĉizilo
 * Estonian: peitel
 * Ewe: pɛ
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: cesel
 * Galician:, escoupro, formón, trincha
 * Georgian: საჭრისი, სატეხი
 * German: ; , ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κολαπτήρ, γλαρίς
 * Gujarati:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: sporjárn
 * Ido:
 * Igbo: mma-mkpa
 * Inari Sami: hugimbor
 * Irish: gearrthóir
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Javanese:
 * Kazakh: тескіш
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latin: scalprum,
 * Latvian: kalts
 * Lingala: sizó
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: длето
 * Malay:
 * Maltese: furmatur, skarpell
 * Maori: whao
 * Mongolian:
 * Nepali: छिनो, राँबो, रामो
 * Northern Sotho: pêtlô
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: meisel
 * Nynorsk: meitel, meisel
 * Occitan:
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: длато
 * Glagolitic: ⰴⰾⰰⱅⱁ
 * Old English: heardhēawa
 * Old Javanese: pahat
 * Ottoman Turkish: كسكی
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Beitel
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: длето, длијето
 * Roman: ,
 * Sicilian: scarpeḍḍu
 * Slovak:, majzlík, majzel
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: formón, , , ,
 * Swahili: patasi
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog:, paningkal
 * Telugu: శానం
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan: འབུག, གཟོང
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Turkmen: isgene
 * Ukrainian: до́лото, зуби́ло, стаме́ска
 * Vietnamese: cái đục
 * Vilamovian: bǡsuł
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh: cŷn, gaing
 * Yup'ik: cupilaq

Verb

 * 1)  To use a chisel.
 * 2)  To work something with a chisel.
 * 3)  To barge in on (something); to intrude on (something).
 * 4)  To cheat; to obtain something from (someone) by cheating.
 * 5)  To make small changes to (something), resulting in change over time.
 * Laws that protect the environment are being chiseled away.
 * 1)  To beg or pressure somebody into giving up (something).
 * He's managed to chisel a couple dollars from somewhere.
 * She can always chisel whatever she needs from her father.
 * She can always chisel whatever she needs from her father.

Usage notes
and are more common in the UK while  and  are more common in the US.

Derived terms

 * chisel in, chisel out, chisel up
 * rechisel
 * rechisel

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Danish: mejsle
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: taltata,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Maltese: skarpella, skarpellat
 * Maori: whao
 * Norwegian: meisle
 * Old English: hēawan
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: ch'iqanay
 * Sanskrit: ताष्टि
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Vilamovian: bȧsułn


 * Esperanto: ĉizi
 * Finnish: taltata,
 * Galician:
 * Hungarian:
 * Maori: whao
 * Old English: hēawan
 * Polish:, wycyzelować
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,

Etymology 2
From, , from , , , , , from. See also.

Noun

 * 1) Gravel.
 * 2)  Coarse flour; bran; the coarser part of bran or flour.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) Any of several cutting tools used by stone masons.