chisel

chisel
1. noun
Meißel, der; (for wood) Stemmeisen, das; Beitel, der
2. transitive verb,
(Brit.) -ll- meißeln; (in wood) hauen; stemmen
* * *
[' izl] 1. noun
(a tool with a cutting edge at the end.) der Meißel
2. verb
(to cut or carve (wood etc) with a chisel.) meißeln
* * *
chis·el
[ˈtʃɪzəl]
I. n Meißel m; (for wood) Beitel m
hammer and \chisel Hammer und Meißel
II. vt
<BRIT -ll- or AM usu -l->
1. (cut)
to \chisel sth [out of sth] etw [aus etw dat heraus]meißeln
2. (pej fam: get by trickery)
to \chisel sth out of sb etw von jdm ergaunern fam
to \chisel sb jdn reinlegen fam
* * *
['tʃɪzl]
1. n
Meißel m; (for wood) Beitel m
2. vt
meißeln; (in wood) stemmen

her finely chiselled features — ihr fein geschnittenes Gesicht

* * *
chisel [ˈtʃızl]
A s
1. Meißel m
2. TECH (Stech)Beitel m, Stemmeisen n
B v/t prät und pperf -eled, besonders Br -elled
1. mit dem Meißel bearbeiten, (aus)meißeln:
chisel the marble into a figure aus dem Marmor eine Figur meißeln;
chisel sth from (oder out of) stone etwas aus Stein meißeln oder hauen;
chisel an inscription on eine Inschrift meißeln in (akk)
2. sl
a) reinlegen, betrügen (out of um)
b) (sich) etwas ergaunern (out of von)
C v/i
1. meißeln
2. sl krumme Sachen machen
* * *
1. noun
Meißel, der; (for wood) Stemmeisen, das; Beitel, der
2. transitive verb,
(Brit.) -ll- meißeln; (in wood) hauen; stemmen
* * *
(masonry) n.
Stemmeisen n. n.
Meißel - m. (woodwork, masonry) v.
ziselieren v. v.
meißeln v.
schummeln v.

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