Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A stone-masons', or stone-dressers', chisel having a wide cutting edge which is serrated or cut with spaces resembling a V-tooth.
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Examples
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Stone-cutting, shapely trimmings for façades, or window or door lintelsthe mallet, the tooth-chisel, the jib to protect the thumb,
Notes, 90–99 1900
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Stone-cutting, shapely trimmings for façades, or window or door-lintelsthe mallet, the tooth-chisel, the jib to protect the thumb,
Carol of Occupations 1900
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Stone-cutting, shapely trimmings for facades or window or door-lintels, the mallet, the tooth-chisel, the jib to protect the thumb,
Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman 1855
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Stone-cutting, shapely trimmings for façades, or window or door lintels -- the mallet, the tooth-chisel, the jib to protect the thumb, Oakum, the oakum-chisel, the caulking-iron -- the kettle of boiling vault - cement, and the fire under the kettle,
Poems By Walt Whitman Walt Whitman 1855
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