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Adjective: chiseled  chi-zuld
Usage: US (=chiselled)
  1. Having a clean and distinct outline as if precisely cut along the edges
    "a finely chiseled nose"
    - well-defined, chiselled
Verb: chisel (chiselled,chiselling, or [US] chiseled,chiseling)  chi-zul
  1. Engage in deceitful behaviour; practice trickery or fraud
    - cheat
     
  2. Deprive somebody of something by deceit
    "They chiseled me out of my money"; "we were chiselled by their clever-sounding scheme"
    - cheat, rip off
     
  3. Carve with a chisel
    "chisel the marble"

See also: chiseler [US], distinct

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

Encyclopedia: Chisel