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Meißel

chisel

noun MY-sel Rare
Arts & Culture Visual Arts

Usage Note

Meißel is the steel tool a sculptor strikes to carve stone or wood. It is masculine and unchanged in the plural; the verb meißeln means to chisel.

Examples

"Mit Hammer und Meißel arbeitete er den Marmor heraus."

Natural Translation

With hammer and chisel he carved out the marble.

Literal Translation

With hammer and chisel worked he the marble out.

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