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chiselling

chiselling

English

Alternative forms

  • (US) chiseling

Verb

chiselling

  1. (Britain) present participle of chisel

Noun

chiselling (plural chisellings)

  1. A piece of work produced using a chisel.
    • 1843, The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy
      We are justified in considering Parkes as our own; for, here he served his time; here he received instructions in modelling from Sherwin, the pupil of Smyth, whose chisellings and figures adorn so many of our public buildings []