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Definition of Chisel in
1. Verb. Break into a conversation. "Her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation"
Specialized synonyms: Disrupt, Interrupt
Generic synonyms: Break Up, Cut Off, Disrupt, Interrupt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chisel In
Literary usage of Chisel in
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"The special points to be borne in mind in connection with the use of the skew
chisel, in turning plain cylinders, are to keep the corner of the chisel in ..."
2. Lives of Men of Letters and Science, who Flourished in the Time of George III by Baron Henry Brougham Brougham and Vaux (1845)
"with a chisel in our language, little lapidary as it certainly is, will comprehend
the extraordinary difficulties of the task, and will show mercy to the ..."
3. Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms Used in Architecture, Civil, Architecture by John Weale (1850)
"The first used is called a firmer, and the last a paring chisel, in the application
of which only the shoulder or hand is employed in forcing it into the ..."
4. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1898)
"I am, however, very partial to the chisel in all operations on the cranial bones ;
and have had a peculiar pattern made for me, that, in my hands at least, ..."
5. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines by Andrew Ure (1858)
"... are successively placed on the edge of the chisel in such a manner that the
convex surface of the flint which reste on the forefinger of the left hand, ..."
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