firmer chisel

[ fur-mer ]

noun

, Carpentry.

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

firmer chisel

/ ˈfɜːmə /

noun

1. a chisel or gouge with a thin blade, used on wood Sometimes shortened tofirmer

Word History and Origins

Origin of firmer chisel¹

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

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.

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

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A and B are both oblique firmer chisels, A being ground with a bevel on one side only, and B with a bevel on each side.

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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.

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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.

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