Definition of Chiseling

1. Verb. (American English) (present participle of chisel) ¹

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Definition of Chiseling

1. chisel [v] - See also: chisel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chiseling

chirurgic
chirurgical
chirurgie
chirurgies
chirurgion
chirurgy
chirus
chis
chisel
chisel fracture
chisel in
chisel steel
chiseled
chiseler
chiselers
chiseling
chiselled
chiseller
chisellers
chiselling
chisels
chisley
chistka
chistkas
chit-chat
chit-chats
chit-chatted
chit-chatting
chit chat

Literary usage of Chiseling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Reminiscences of Augustus Saint-Gaudens by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1913)
"VI A FOOTHOLD 1875-1877 The Progress of American Art—The German Savings Bank Building—Running Water—Chiseling out Henry Ward Beecher— White and ..."

2. Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of Mechanical by Appleton, firm, publishers, New York (1880)
"4038, weighing from 2 to 5 Ibs., is used in drilling holes and in pointing and chiseling the harder rocks. The mallet, Fig. ..."

3. The World's Congress of Representative Women: A Historical Résumé for by May Wright Sewall (1894)
"... can find them in every city and town, working away on the children committed to their care like skilled sculptors chiseling out Christian men and women. ..."

4. Essentials of Woodworking: A Textbook for Schools by Ira Samuel Griffith (1915)
"... CHAPTER V. CHISELS AND Chiseling. 46. Chisels.—Chisels are usually divided into two classes, the framing chisel, which is heavy and strong, FIG. 87A. ..."

5. Press-working of Metals: A Treatise Upon the Principles and Practice of by Oberlin Smith (1896)
"These remarks will apply also to subsequent chapters dealing with other processes. Chiseling. If we analyze cutting processes as performed in presses, ..."

6. Industrial Education: A Guide to Manual Training by Samuel Gurley Love (1889)
"... Chiseling, AND THE MORTISE AND TENON JOINT. THE TOOLS. The chisels are instruments made of steel and iron, sharpened to a cutting edge at one end, ..."

7. Buffalo Medical Journal (1885)
"Chiseling THE MASTOID PROCESS. Dr. A. Hartman, of Berlin, details (Arch, of Olol.) the histories of fourteen cases of abscess of the mastoid process which ..."

8. Elementary Woodwork for Use in Manual Training Classes by Frank Henry Selden (1906)
"LESSON XI Chiseling Lay the piece for the shelf border on the cutting board and grasp the £ inch chisel as shown in Fig. 39. Remove a very little of the ..."

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