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1. Having a clean and distinct outline as if precisely cut along the edges
   "a finely chiseled nose";
   - well-defined, chiselled

1. Carve with a chisel
   "chisel the marble"
    
2. [informal] Engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
   "Who's chiseling on the side?";
   - cheat
    
3. [informal] Deprive somebody of something by deceit
   "They chiseled me out of my money";
   - cheat, rip off [informal]

See also: distinct

Type of: carve, chip at, cozen [literary], deceive, delude, lead on, victimise [Brit], victimize

Encyclopedia: Chisel