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chisel
chisel [-ed]
v
ONFr. < L.
cisorium
, cutting tool.
Carve; cut away with a blade; shape with a sculptor's tool; sculpt marble by carving away rock; [fig.] silence; suppress; curb; diminish; decrescendo; cut off; reduce to pianissimo in volume.