chiseler (c.1259)
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chiseler (c.1259)

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[ FEW: 2/i,40a *caesellum; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 9,100b ciseler; TL: 2,445 ciseler; DEAF:  cisel; DMF:  ciseler; TLF:  ciseler; OED:  chisel v.1; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 346c cisellare ]
chiceler,  ciceler,  ciseler  

v.a.

1 to sculpt, cut (rock) with a chisel: 
( c.1259; MS: c.1259 ) Tartarins [...] ki tant unt les muntainnes – tut soient eles de dure roche – cicellé e tranché a force, ke issue unt cunquis  164
♦to cut out of rock using a chisel: 
( 1303 )  qe nul ne chisele soullers de bazeyne  84
2colourdecor.to mix, cut (paint): 
( MS: 1250-1350 ) Le blaunc brasil nuez de dreit brasil e si le ciselez de sinople  161vb

p.p._as_a.

1 sculpted, cut with a chisel: 
( MS: s.xiiiex )  cediculati: chiselés  ii 166
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  celtatus: chilesé (l. chiselé)  i 44
♦culin.cut up (in a certain shape) with a pointed blade: 
( s.xiv1/3 )  char de veel chiselé a manere de dees  866.6
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