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Substantiivi

1. A series of chisel points mounted on one piece of steel. For example, the toothed stone chisel shown here.
2. (masonry) A broad chisel for stone-cutting.
3. A spit for cooking food.
4. An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.
5. (architecture, UK, dialect) A spire rising from a tower.
6. A spit-like start on the head of a young stag.
7. The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.
8. The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.

Verbi

1. (transitive) To make a hole in, especially a cask of liquor, and put in a tap in order to draw the liquid.
2. (intransitive)To be turned sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves.
3. (transitive) To open, to make an opening into; to pierce.
4. (transitive) To cause to turn sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves (usually followed by to; also figurative).
5. (transitive, figuratively) To begin discussion about (something).
6. (nautical, intransitive, of a submerged submarine, torpedo, or similar) To break the surface of the water.