CHISEL

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 10

n. ChiVe9!. Lat, sciselum. Vr.,ciseau. Ger.,Mei el. It., cesello. Sp., cincel. An instrument consisting of a long, flat blade of steel beveled to a cutting edge at one end and provided with a handle at the other for receiving the blows of a mallet or hammer; used for cutting bone. [A, 301.] [s. 233]