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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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CHISEL, n. An instrument of iron or steel, used in carpentry, joinery, cabinet work, masonry, sculpture, &c., either for paring, hewing or gouging. Chisels are of different sizes and shapes, fitted for particular uses.
CHISEL, v.t. To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel.
A tool with a cutting edge on
one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working
in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a mallet or
hammer.
Cold chisel. See under Cold,
To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel] as, to
chisel a block of marble into a statue.
To cut close, as in a bargain; to
cheat.
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