chessil

chessil

English

Etymology

From Middle English chisel, chesil, from Old English ċeosel, ċisel (“gravel, sand”), from Proto-Germanic *kisilaz (“gravel, pebble”). More at chisel.

Noun

chessil (uncountable)

1. gravel or pebbles

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for chessil in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• chisels