firmer chisel

American  

[fur-mer] / ˈfɜr mər /

noun

Carpentry.

1. a narrow-bladed chisel for paring and mortising, driven by hand pressure or with a mallet.

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firmer chisel British  

/ ˈfɜːmə /

noun

1. Sometimes shortened to: firmer.  a chisel or gouge with a thin blade, used on wood

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Etymology

Origin of firmer chisel

1680–90; firmer < French fermoir, blend of formoir that which forms (derivative of former to form < Latin fōrmāre ) and fermer to make firm (< Latin firmāre )

Example Sentences

A paring chisel worn to half its original length will serve for a firmer chisel, because when so worn it is long enough for the duty.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

A chisel should not, however, be used alternately as a paring and a firmer chisel, because the paring chisel requires to be kept in much better condition than the firmer chisel does.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

Chisels.—The principal kinds of chisels are the paring chisel which is used entirely by hand, and the firmer chisel which is used with the mallet.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

The shape of handle for a firmer chisel is shown in Fig.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

Edge tools are the firmer chisel, the mortise chisel, the socket chisel, the gouge, the hatchet, the adze, the drawing knife.

From Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 by Welsh, Peter C.