There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
CHISEL
chisel
(noun) an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge
chisel
(verb) carve with a chisel; “chisel the marble”
cheat, rip off, chisel
(verb) deprive somebody of something by deceit; “The con-man beat me out of $50”; “This salesman ripped us off!”; “we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme”; “They chiseled me out of my money”
cheat, chisel
(verb) engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; “Who’s chiseling on the side?”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
chisel (plural chisels)
A cutting tool consisting of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end. It may be provided with a handle at the other end. It is used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by placing the sharp edge against the material to be cut and pushing or pounding the other end with a hammer or mallet.
Verb
chisel (third-person singular simple present chisels, present participle chiselling or chiseling, simple past and past participle chiselled or chiseled)
(intransitive) To use a chisel.
(transitive) To work something with a chisel.
(intransitive, informal) To cheat, to get something by cheating.
Usage notes
chiselling and chiselled are more common in the UK while chiseling and chiseled are more common in the US.
Etymology 2
Noun
chisel (usually uncountable, plural chisels)
Gravel.
(usually, in the plural) Coarse flour; bran; the coarser part of bran or flour.
Anagrams
• Schlei, chiels, chiles, elchis, lechis, liches, sichel
Source: Wiktionary
Chis"el, n. Etym: [OF. chisel, F. ciseau, fr. LL. cisellus, prob. for caesellus, fr. L. caesus, p. p. of caedere to cut. Cf. Scissors.]
Definition: 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, a.
Chis"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chiseled, or Chiselled (p. pr. & vb. n. Chiseling, or Chiselling.] Etym: [Cf. F. ciseler.]
1. To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel; as, to chisel a block of marble into a statue.
2. To cut close, as in a bargain; to cheat. [Slang]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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