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Another word for chisel

chisel Synonyms

chisel

n.

gouge, blade, edge; see knife, tool 1.

chisel Synonyms

chisel

v.

To work with a chisel
carve, hew, incise, sculpt; see carve 1, cut 1, form 1.
*To get by imposition
impose upon, defraud, swindle, bilk; see beg 2, cheat, deceive.

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verb

(Informal)

To get money or something else from by deceitful trickery:

bilk, cheat, cozen, defraud, gull, mulct, rook, swindle, victimize. (Informal) flimflam, take, trim. (Slang) diddle¹, do, gyp, stick, sting. See honest

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The tools employed are chisel, gouge and mallet.
What would inspire someone to chisel their name into a rock so far from civilization?
- Skeleton of Right incisor very large and chisel-like, Hind-Foot of Koala (Phas- molars with prominent transverse colarctus cinereus), showing ridges, as in Macropus, but without stout opposable hallux, folthe longitudinal connecting ridge.
After a few more turns of the lathe he removed his foot from the pedal, wiped his chisel, dropped it into a leather pouch attached to the lathe, and, approaching the table, summoned his daughter.
In the former the upper tusks are bent down so as to cross the tips of the short and chisel-like lower pair.

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