cold chisel

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Etymology

So called because it was used for cutting cold metal, as distinguished from a blacksmith's chisel for cutting hot iron.

Noun

cold chisel (plural cold chisels)

  1. A narrow chisel, made of hardened, tempered steel, used for cutting stone etc.
    • 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 2, in Well Tackled!:
      Meanwhile, Macpherson stood just outside the door, holding a cold chisel which he had taken from a dungaree pocket [] and there Mr. Willison found him.

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