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CHISEL (from the O. Fr. cisel, modern...

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 247 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHISEL (from the O. Fr. cisel, See also:modern ciseau, See also:Late See also:Lat. cisellum, a cutting See also:tool, from caedere, to cut)  , a See also:sharp-edged See also:tool for cutting See also:metal, See also:wood or See also:stone . There are numerous varieties of See also:chisels used in different trades; the See also:carpenter's See also:chisel is wooden-handled with a straight edge, transverse to the See also:axis and bevelled on one See also:side; stone masons' chisels are bevelled on both sides. and others have oblique, See also:concave or See also:convex edges . A chisel with a semicircular blade is called a " See also:gouge." The tool is worked either by See also:hand-pressure or by blows from a See also:hammer or See also:mallet . The " See also:cold chisel " has a See also:steel edge, highly tempered to cut unheated metal .

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