cold chisel

cold chisel

noun
a steel chisel used on cold metal.

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Cold chisel is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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cold-chis·el

[kohld-chiz-uhl]
verb (used with object), cold-chis·eled, cold-chis·el·ing or (especially British) cold-chis·elled, cold-chis·el·ling.
to work upon (metal) with a cold chisel.

Origin:
1690–1700
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cold chisel
 
n
a toughened steel chisel

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