Definition of: chisel

(chiz′əl) noun
A cutting tool with a beveled edge, used for cutting, engraving, or mortising metal, stone, or wood.
—v. chis·eled or ·elled, chis·el·ing or ·el·ling v.t.
1. To cut, engrave, or carve, as with a chisel.
2. Colloq. To cheat; swindle.
3. Colloq. To obtain by dishonest or unfair methods.
—v.i.
4. To use a chisel.
5. Colloq. To use dishonest or unfair methods. [<AF, ult. <L caedere cut]
—chis′el·er or chis′el·ler noun