cold chisel

¹ American  

noun

1. a steel chisel used on cold metal.

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cold-chisel ² American  

[kohld-chiz-uhl] / ˈkoʊldˌtʃɪz əl /

verb (used with object)

cold-chiseled, cold-chiseling, cold-chiselled, cold-chiselling

1. to work upon (metal) with a cold chisel.

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cold chisel British  

noun

1. a toughened steel chisel

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Etymology

Origin of cold-chisel

First recorded in 1690–1700

Example Sentences

Let the cold chisel away your weakness, leaving behind a lean, wolflike creature ready to take a bite out of life.

From Slate • Jan. 23, 2015

The caretaker had to chip it off with a cold chisel.

From The Guardian • Feb. 18, 2011

When he was a boy on a Kentucky farm, Dawn used to take a cold chisel, hammer and spoon over to the creek bank and chop faces in soft sandstone.

From Time Magazine Archive

An effort to analyze her art is like breaking up butterfly wings with a cold chisel.

From Time Magazine Archive

The letters were then cut out with a cold chisel, deep enough to make a permanent inscription.

From Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail by Wilson, F. N. (Frederick N.)