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  • He came back a few minutes later with a silver hammer and a silver chisellike spike about eight inches long.

    Full Frontal Nudity Harry Hamlin 2010

  • Taking a hammer and chisellike tool from his heavy work apron, their host began to bend back and tighten a bolt that was threatening to work its way loose.

    A Triumph of Souls Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2000

  • Then, with two carefully placed blows at one end of it, he detached a couple of spalls, leaving a sharp, chisellike point.

    The Plains of Passage Auel, Jean M. 1990

  • When he was satisfied that the spears would fly true, he used yet another tool, a narrow flint blade with a chisellike tip hafted to an antler-tine handle, to hollow out a deep notch in the thicker butt ends of the shafts.

    The Plains of Passage Auel, Jean M. 1990

  • American oystercatchers are equipped with blunt, chisellike bills that are perfect for prying open shellfish.

    The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

  • American oystercatchers are equipped with blunt, chisellike bills that are perfect for prying open shellfish.

    The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

  • American oystercatchers are equipped with blunt, chisellike bills that are perfect for prying open shellfish.

    The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

  • Grooves were cut in the large flake with chisellike burins by etching a line and retracing it several times until the long pieces broke off.

    The Mammoth Hunters Auel, Jean M. 1985

  • On the curved horizontal work surface, amid a variety of burns, chisellike flint tools which he used for carving, was an unfinished carving of a bird.

    The Mammoth Hunters Auel, Jean M. 1985

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