Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Chisel (-ed)
chisel (-ed), v. [ONFr. < L. cisorium, cutting tool.] (webplay: carve, used).
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.
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