chiselとは

語源 1

From Middle English chisel, chesil, from 古期英語 ċeosol, ċeosel, ċysel, ċisel, ċisil (“gravel, sand”), from Proto-Germanic *kisilaz (“small stone, pebble”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeys- (“gravel”). Cognate with Scots keezel (“gravel”), Dutch kiezel (“gravel”), German Kiesel (“gravel”), Danish kis (“gravel”). See also chessom.

別の表記

• chesil
• chissel, chessil (dialectal)

名詞

chisel (usually uncountable, 複数形 chisels)

1. Gravel.
2. (usually in the plural) Coarse flour; bran; the coarser part of bran or flour.

関連する語

• chessom

語源 2

From Middle English chisel, chesel, borrowed from Old Northern French chisel, from Vulgar Latin *cisellum, from *caesellum, from Latin caesus, past participle of caedere (“to cut”).

名詞

A wood chisel

chisel (複数形 chisels)

1. A cutting tool consisting of a slim oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end. It may be provided with a handle at the other end. It is used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by placing the sharp edge against the material to be cut and pushing or pounding the other end with a hammer, or mallet.

参考

• burin
• graver

動詞

chisel (三人称単数 現在形 chisels, 現在分詞 chiseling または chiselling, 過去形および過去分詞形 chiseled または chiselled)

1. (intransitive) To use a chisel.
2. (transitive) To work something with a chisel.

   She chiselled a sculpture out of the block of wood.

3. (intransitive, informal) To cheat, to get something by cheating.

使用する際の注意点

chiselling and chiselled are more common in the UK while chiseling and chiseled are more common in the US.

派生語

• chiseler, chiseller
• chisel in on

Further reading

• chisel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• chisel in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• chisel at OneLook Dictionary Search

アナグラム

• Schlei, chiels, chiles, elchis, lechis, liches