chisel vs scissor

chisel

noun
  • A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end. 

  • Gravel. 

  • Coarse flour; bran; the coarser part of bran or flour. 

verb
  • To cheat, to get something from (someone) by cheating. 

  • To use a chisel. 

  • To work something with a chisel. 

scissor

noun
  • One blade on a pair of scissors. 

  • Scissors. 

  • Used in certain noun phrases to denote a thing resembling the action of scissors, as scissor kick, scissor hold (wrestling), scissor jack. 

verb
  • To cut using, or as if using, scissors. 

  • To engage in scissoring (tribadism), a sexual act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other. 

  • To skate with one foot significantly in front of the other. 

  • To move something like a pair of scissors, especially the legs. 

  • To excise or expunge something from a text. 

How often have the words chisel and scissor occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )