firmer chisel

A chisel, usually thin in proportion to its width. It has a tang to enter the handle, in contradistinction to the framing-chisel, which has a socket into which the handle fits. Firmer-chisels are usually eight or twelve in a set of different widths. They are shorter than paring. chisels, and lighter than framing-chisels. *firm-i-tüde, s. [Lat. firmitudo , from firm us= firm, fixed.] The quality or state of being firm, fixed, or secure; strength, solidity, steadine , firm. ne . *firm-I-ty, s. [Old Fr. firm ité ; Fr. fermeté: Prov. fermetat ; Lat. firm it as , from firm us =firm.] Strength, firmne , solidity, steadine *f Irm-le , a. [Eng. firm ; -le .] Shifting, unstable, weak; without firmne , strength, or resolution. ( Pope , in Ogilvie .) firm-lý, *fer me-ly, *fir me-ly, adv. [English firm; -ly.] 1. In a firm, fixed, or secure manner; strongly, securely. "His breastplate first that was of substance pure, Before his noble hart he firmely bound." Spenser: Muiopotmos. 2. Steadily, immovably, steadfastly, constantly. "It may be doubted whether there ever existed a human being whose mind was quite as firmly toned at eighty as at forty."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. xiv.