Chisel vs. Gouge

Chiselnoun

A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end.

Chiselnoun

Gravel.

Chiselnoun

Coarse flour; bran; the coarser part of bran or flour.

Chiselverb

(intransitive) To use a chisel.

Chiselverb

(transitive) To work something with a chisel.

Chiselverb

To cheat, to get something from (someone) by cheating.

Chiselnoun

A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; - usually driven by a mallet or hammer.

Chiselverb

To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel; as, to chisel a block of marble into a statue.

Chiselverb

To cut close, as in a bargain; to cheat.

Chiselnoun

an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge

Chiselverb

engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud;

Chiselverb

deprive somebody of something by deceit;

Chiselverb

carve with a chisel;

Chisel

A chisel is a tool with a characteristically shaped cutting edge (such that wood chisels have lent part of their name to a particular grind) of blade on its end, for carving or cutting a hard material such as wood, stone, or metal by hand, struck with a mallet, or mechanical power. The handle and blade of some types of chisel are made of metal or of wood with a sharp edge in it.

Gougenoun

Senses relating to cutting tools.

Gougenoun

A chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves, or holes in wood, stone, etc.

Gougenoun

A bookbinder's tool with a curved face, used for blind tooling or gilding.

Gougenoun

An incising tool that cuts blanks or forms for envelopes, gloves, etc., from leather, paper, or other materials.

Gougenoun

A cut or groove, as left by a gouge or something sharp.

Gougenoun

An act of gouging.

Gougenoun

(slang) A cheat, a fraud; an imposition.

Gougenoun

(slang) An impostor.

Gougenoun

(mining) Soft material lying between the wall of a vein and the solid vein of ore.

Gougenoun

Information.

Gougeverb

(transitive) To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge.

Gougeverb

(transitive) To cheat or impose upon; in particular, to charge an unfairly or unreasonably high price.

Gougeverb

To dig or scoop (something) out with or as if with a gouge; in particular, to use a thumb to push or try to push the eye (of a person) out of its socket.

Gougeverb

(intransitive) To use a gouge.

Gougenoun

A chisel, with a hollow or semicylindrical blade, for scooping or cutting holes, channels, or grooves, in wood, stone, etc.; a similar instrument, with curved edge, for turning wood.

Gougenoun

A bookbinder's tool for blind tooling or gilding, having a face which forms a curve.

Gougenoun

An incising tool which cuts forms or blanks for gloves, envelopes, etc. from leather, paper, etc.

Gougenoun

Soft material lying between the wall of a vein and the solid vein.

Gougenoun

The act of scooping out with a gouge, or as with a gouge; a groove or cavity scooped out, as with a gouge.

Gougenoun

Imposition; cheat; fraud; also, an impostor; a cheat; a trickish person.

Gougenoun

an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

Gougenoun

and edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves

Gougenoun

the act of gouging

Gougeverb

force with the thumb;

Gougeverb

obtain by coercion or intimidation;

Gougeverb

make a groove in