Chisel

n.	1.	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. Cold chisel See under Cold, a.
v. t.	1.	To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel; as, to chisel a block of marble into a statue. [imp. & p. p. Chiseled or Chiselled ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Chiseling, or Chiselling.]
	2.	To cut close, as in a bargain; to cheat.

Noun	1.	chisel - an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge
Verb	1.	chisel - engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?" Synonyms: cheat
	2.	chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money" Synonyms: cheat, rip off
	3.	chisel - carve with a chisel; "chisel the marble"

CHISEL - An extension of C for VLSI design, implemented as a C preprocessor. It produces CIF as output. ["CHISEL - An Extension to the Programming language C for VLSI Layout", K. Karplus, PHD Thesis, Stanford U, 1982].

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