['t??z(?)l]
¦ noun a long-bladed hand tool with a bevelled cutting edge, struck with a hammer or mallet to cut or shape wood, stone, or metal.
¦ verb (chisels, chiselling, chiselled; US chisels, chiseling, chiseled)
1. cut or shape with a chisel.
2. [as adjective chiselled] (of a man's facial features) strongly and clearly defined.
3. informal, chiefly N. Amer. cheat or swindle (someone) out of something.
Derivatives
chiseller noun
Origin
ME: from Old North. Fr., based on L. cis- (as in late L. cisorium), var. of caes-, caedere 'to cut'.