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Example sentences for "chiselling"

Lexicographically close words:
chirurgion; chisel; chiseled; chiseling; chiselled; chisels; chissel; chist; chit; chitin
  1. Think of the time that he was ready to give up to patient chiselling at this one task till it was perfect to his mind.

  2. Scarcely less important in Japanese eyes than the chiselling of the decorative design itself is the preparation of the field to which it is applied.

  3. The quality of the chiselling is the first feature to which the Japanese directs his attention; the decorative design is the prime object of the Occidental's attention.

  4. The fashion is always accompanied by chiselling a jour (sukashi-bori), so that the sculptured portions stand out in their entirety.

  5. In this kind of chiselling the Japanese artist can claim to be unique as well as unrivalled.

  6. Costumes of the utmost magnificence were worn, and the chiselling of masks for the use of the performers occupied scores of artists and ranked as a high glyptic accomplishment.

  7. The details are executed with marvellous clearness, and the chiselling reflects the greatest credit on the unknown artist.

  8. He had also done some work in bronze, but neither chiselling nor casting was sufficiently speedy.

  9. Luca was an enterprising artist, and it occurred to him that if he could only dispense with the chiselling and casting, his art and profit would both improve.

  10. But the cornices a and d are copies of nothing of the kind: the idea of them has indeed been taken from the Greek honeysuckle ornament, but the chiselling of them is in no wise either Greek, or Byzantine, in temper.

  11. The granite rends, at last, along the line, quite evenly, requiring very little chiselling afterwards to give the block a smooth face.

  12. This method of chiselling by the light of one candle must have complicated the technical difficulties of his labour.

  13. The wood about the semi-circular top was removed with saw and chisel, the board held for the chiselling flat on the bench hook.

  14. The piece marked a was laid out first, after squaring up the stock, and the shaded portion removed with back saw and chisel, sawing so close to the oblique lines that no chiselling was required on these two sides.

  15. The interior of the vault was of red marble, and, such of chiselling as there was done, seemed wonderful to me even in my frame of mind.

  16. In the chiselling of a royal standard (fig.

  17. Sarzec has collected some bronze figures which, compared with other monuments already secured, allow us to fix some precise landmarks in the gradual development of the art of casting and chiselling metals in Chaldæa.

  18. The treatment consists in exposing the anterior wall of the sinus, chiselling away sufficient bone to admit of free removal of all infected tissue, and establishing efficient drainage through the infundibulum (Fig.

  19. Time may be saved by separating the sequestrum with the aid of an elevator or sharp spoon, or by chiselling away the dead part till healthy vascular bone is reached.

  20. This operation of chiselling out the middle piece, and widening the hole in the form of a dove-tail, was a much more intricate and tedious operation than boring perpendicularly with the jumper.

  21. This he attempted to do by chiselling away the head of one snake, inlaying in its place the head of a dragon; and making the other heads and tails into legs with claws.

  22. The whole of the drapery is in the most finished style, and the ease and softness of the folds are an admirable proof of the delicate chiselling of the artist.

  23. For, by your own argument, we should otherwise he committing a sin if we did not find out the most saintly men and set them to silver-chiselling instead of ordaining them bishops and archbishops.

  24. The science of silver-chiselling began, so far as this age is concerned, in the church.

  25. A few of them I would put into the acid bath, as I would a casting, to clean them before chiselling them down.

  26. In a few minutes he was hammering away as busily as though there were no such thing as marriage in the world, and nothing worth living for but the chiselling of beautiful arabesques on a silver ewer.

  27. The model calls for very accurate workmanship and the joints must not be undercut during the sawing and chiselling operations.

  28. The arrow marks in this sketch distinctly indicate the direction in which the chiselling must be done so as to give a smooth result.

  29. One of these has survived, and remains in its perfection of grace and immortal beauty to attest the wonderful skill that directed the chiselling of the whole group.

  30. From the sixth century before Christ date three processes of great importance in the development of sculpture; the art of casting in bronze, the chiselling of marble, and the inlaying of gold and ivory on wood (chryselephantine work).

  31. For instance the chiselling of such men as Riccio and Cellini, has never been equalled since their time, save perhaps by Gouthiere.

  32. As with Riccio, his imitators overcame the difficulty of the chiselling by leaving it out, relying upon the wax to give close enough resemblance to the originals.


  33. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "chiselling" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.