Chisel |
A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a mallet or hammer. |
n. |
Chisel |
To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel; as, to chisel a block of marble into a statue. |
v. t. |
Chisel |
To cut close, as in a bargain; to cheat. |
v. t. |
Cope |
A covering for the head. |
n. |
Cope |
Anything regarded as extended over the head, as the arch or concave of the sky, the roof of a house, the arch over a door. |
n. |
Cope |
An ecclesiastical vestment or cloak, semicircular in form, reaching from the shoulders nearly to the feet, and open in front except at the top, where it is united by a band or clasp. It is worn in processions and on some other occasions. |
n. |
Cope |
An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England. |
n. |
Cope |
The top part of a flask or mold; the outer part of a loam mold. |
n. |
Cope |
To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow. |
v. i. |
Cope |
To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk). |
v. t. |
Cope |
To exchange or barter. |
v. i. |
Cope |
To encounter; to meet; to have to do with. |
v. i. |
Cope |
To enter into or maintain a hostile contest; to struggle; to combat; especially, to strive or contend on equal terms or with success; to match; to equal; -- usually followed by with. |
v. i. |
Cope |
To bargain for; to buy. |
v. t. |
Cope |
To make return for; to requite; to repay. |
v. t. |
Cope |
To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter. |
v. t. |
Firmer-chisel |
A chisel, thin in proportion to its width. It has a tang to enter the handle instead of a socket for receiving it. |
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