chiselling
Cutting with blade
Chiselling is the act of cutting or shaping with a chisel—a metal tool with a sharpened edge used on wood, stone, or metal.
The word extends to any careful, precise work: He spent months chiselling the details of the sculpture.
In British and informal American usage, chiselling also means cheating or swindling someone out of money: She accused him of chiselling her out of her inheritance.
Also spelled chiseling.
Recrystallized limestone rock
- stoneSolid earth fragment
- hammerTool for striking nails
- malletSoft-headed striking tool
- sculptorArtist shaping solid materials
statue · bust · relief · bas-relief · granite · alabaster · limestone · bronze
Cut into material
- engraveCarve designs permanently
- cutSeverance or reduction
- chipSmall broken-off piece
- shapeExternal outline of something
carve · hollow · notch · score · etch · pare · rough out · refine
Concave carving blade
- malletSoft-headed striking tool
- woodworkingCraft of shaping lumber
- whittlingKnife-carving wood into shapes
- joineryFitting wood pieces together
mortise · tenon · bevel · dovetail · cabinetry · carpentry · shaping · paring
Extremely careful and thorough
- exactingDemanding great care
- preciseExactly correct, no error
- carefulExercising caution and attention
- methodicalOrganized and deliberate
detailed · fastidious · thorough · scrupulous · patient · deliberate · fine · intricate
marble
Recrystallized limestone rock
sculptor · statue · bust · relief · bas-relief · granite · alabaster · limestone · bronze · clay
incise
Cut into material
shape · carve · hollow · notch · score · etch · pare · rough out · refine · detail
gouge
Concave carving blade
- malletSoft-headed striking tool
- woodworkingCraft of shaping lumber
- whittlingKnife-carving wood into shapes
joinery · mortise · tenon · bevel · dovetail · cabinetry · carpentry · shaping · paring · timber
painstaking
Extremely careful and thorough
methodical · detailed · fastidious · thorough · scrupulous · patient · deliberate · fine · intricate · craftsmanship
swindle
Deception for financial gain
defraud · embezzle · deceive · bilk · fleece · grift · sham · dupe · hoodwink · bamboozle
chisellingbuilding up
Increasing gradually
adding · depositing · layering · welding · moulding
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