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

Then he got a rock, and with a hammer and a screwdriver and cold chisel he etched out a cross and Troop's name and the date of his birth and the date of his death.

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 cold chisel is tempered to a blue, and answers virtually to the machinist’s chisel.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua