Chiselling

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A piece of work produced using a chisel.

    "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 […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of chisel British, form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

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"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 […]"

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