The earliest known use of the noun chiselling is in the 1830s. OED's earliest evidence for chiselling is from 1835, in the writing of Nathaniel Willis.

chisel in British English · 1. a. a hand tool for working wood, consisting of a flat steel blade with a cutting edge attached to a handle of wood, plastic, etc.

A chisel has a flat, sharp end. To carve using a chisel, you hit the back of it with a hammer or another blunt instrument. Chisel can also mean "to cheat." If ...

3 дня назад · a tool with a long metal blade that has a sharp edge for cutting wood, stone, etc.

WordAxtarish Online ; Engage in deceitful ; behaviour; practice ; trickery or fraud

Verb. change. Plain form chisel. Third-person singular chisels.

A chisel is a tool that has a long metal blade with a sharp edge at the end. It is used for cutting and shaping wood and stone.

Verb. change. Plain form chisel. Third-person singular chisels.

to cut or shape wood or stone with a chisel A name was chiseled into the stone. She was chiseling some marble. a temple chiseled out of solid rock.