'Chiseling' definitions:
Definition of 'Chiseling'
From: GCIDE
- Chisel \Chis"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chiseled, or Chiselled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chiseling, or Chiselling.] [Cf. F. ciseler.]
- 1. To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel; as, to chisel a block of marble into a statue. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cut close, as in a bargain; to cheat. [Slang] [1913 Webster] chiseler
Synonyms of 'chiseling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- artful,
- burr,
- calculating,
- collusive,
- covinous,
- crafty,
- cross-hatching,
- cunning,
- deceitful,
- demitint,
- engravement,
- engraving,
- etch,
- etching,
- false,
- falsehearted,
- finagling,
- fraudulent,
- furtive,
- gem-engraving,
- glass-cutting,
- glyptic,
- graving,
- guileful,
- half tint,
- hatching,
- incision,
- indirect,
- inscript,
- inscription,
- insidious,
- line,
- lining,
- marking,
- scheming,
- score,
- scoring,
- scratch,
- scratching,
- sharp,
- shifty,
- slash,
- slashing,
- slippery,
- sneaky,
- stipple,
- stippling,
- surreptitious,
- tint,
- tooling,
- treacherous,
- trickish,
- tricky,
- two-faced,
- type-cutting,
- underhand,
- underhanded,
- wily