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English
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Etymology
From Middle English chisel, chesil, from Old English ċeosel, ċisel (“gravel, sand”), from Proto-West Germanic *kesul (“gravel, pebble”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛsəl/, /ˈt͡ʃɛzəl/
Homophone: chessel
Noun
chessil (uncountable)
- gravel or pebbles
1827, Georges Baron Cuvier, Scriptural Geology:It might seem probable that such masses as chessil bank, and the beds about Brighton, &c. were lodged, prior to the Deluge, upon the sea shore, and thrown into their present situation by that catastrophe
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