mortise chisel

noun

1. framing chisel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mortise chisel¹

First recorded in 1670–80

Example Sentences

The mortise-chisel, Fig. 68, is made abnormally thick to give the stiffness necessary for levering the waste out of mortises.

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That appeared to offer a difficulty, as great as the absence of an auger or a mortise-chisel.

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The implements necessary for each man are a belt axe, an ordinary socket mortise chisel one and a quarter inch broad.

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The axe-head was shaped like an elongated wedge or mortise-chisel, and was fastened to the haft by coco-nut fibre.

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