chisel : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: chisel	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for chisel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chisel n an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge v engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?" Synonym(s): cheat, chisel deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money" Synonym(s): cheat, rip off, chisel carve with a chisel; "chisel the marble"
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 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 The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [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].