The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chisel \Chis"el\, n. [OF. chisel, F. ciseau, fr. LL. cisellus, prob. for caesellus, fr. L. caesus, p. p. of caedere to cut. Cf. Scissors.] A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a mallet or hammer.
Cold chisel. See under Cold,
Cold \Cold\ (k[=o]ld), a. [Compar. Colder (-[~e]r); superl. Coldest.] [OE. cold, cald, AS. cald, ceald; akin to OS. kald, D. koud, G. kalt, Icel. kaldr, Dan. kold, Sw. kall, Goth. kalds, L. gelu frost, gelare to freeze. Orig. p. p. of AS. calan to be cold, Icel. kala to freeze. Cf. Cool, a., Chill, n.]
Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid. ``The snowy top of cold Olympis.''
--Milton.Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the absence of heat; chilly; shivering; as, to be cold.
Not pungent or acrid. ``Cold plants.''
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Wanting in ardor, intensity, warmth, zeal, or passion; spiritless; unconcerned; reserved.
A cold and unconcerned spectator.
--T. Burnet.No cold relation is a zealous citizen.
--Burke. Unwelcome; disagreeable; unsatisfactory. ``Cold news for me.'' ``Cold comfort.''
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Wanting in power to excite; dull; uninteresting.
What a deal of cold business doth a man misspend the better part of life in!
--B. Jonson.The jest grows cold . . . when in comes on in a second scene.
--Addison. Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly; having lost its odor; as, a cold scent.
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Not sensitive; not acute.
Smell this business with a sense as cold As is a dead man's nose.
--Shak. Distant; -- said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed.
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(Paint.) Having a bluish effect. Cf. Warm, 8.
Cold abscess. See under Abscess.
Cold blast See under Blast, n., 2.
Cold blood. See under Blood, n., 8.
Cold chill, an ague fit.
--Wright.Cold chisel, a chisel of peculiar strength and hardness, for cutting cold metal.
--Weale.Cold cream. See under Cream.
Cold slaw. See Cole slaw.
In cold blood, without excitement or passion; deliberately.
He was slain in cold blood after the fight was over.
--Sir W. Scott.To give one the cold shoulder, to treat one with neglect.
Syn: Gelid; bleak; frigid; chill; indifferent; unconcerned; passionless; reserved; unfeeling; stoical.
Wiktionary
n. a narrow chisel, made of hardened, tempered steel, used for cutting stone etc.
WordNet
n. narrow chisel made of steel; used to cut stone or bricks [syn: set chisel]
Wikipedia
Cold Chisel are an Australian rock band that formed in Adelaide, Australia. They had chart success in the 70s, 80s and 90s, and again more recently since reforming in 2011, with nine albums making the Australian top ten. Cold Chisel are regarded as having a distinctly Australian popularity and musicianship, exemplifying " pub rock" and highlighting the working class life in Australia.
Cold Chisel was the self-titled debut album of Australian pub rock band Cold Chisel. Released in April 1978, it spent 23 weeks in the Australian charts, peaking at number 38.
Usage examples of "cold chisel".
The case was pried open with a specially-made cold chisel such as only a professional burglar would carry or would know how to use.
He halted at an ironmonger's shop, which then stood at the corner of the Rue Pierre-Lombard, and a few minutes later Marius saw him emerge from the shop, holding in his hand a huge cold chisel with a white wood handle, which he concealed beneath his great-coat.
He stopped at a hardware store, which there was in those times at the corner of the Rue Pierre Lombard, and, a few minutes afterwards, Marius saw him come out of the shop, holding in his hand a large cold chisel with a white wooden handle which he concealed under his coat.
A cold chisel uncommon long and thin - they slid it under the shutter and hammered it through the bolts.
It was smooth quiet, and you could have cut your name in it with a thirty-pound sledge and a cold chisel.
Yet if we raise and lower this left-hand end while you wedge the other, first with the cold chisel and then with stone, the right-hand end must pivot clear of its bed and fall free.
A cold chisel is apparently the ordinary sort of chisel which you chisel with.
There he opened a canvas bag he was carrying, produced a flat-based lamp-light with a large swivelling head, a hammer, cold chisel and screwdriver and set them on top of the nearest crate.
It was a Hudson Super-Six sedan, and the top had been ripped in two with a cold chisel.
And so unless youve a cold chisel and a hammer, Rip lad, youre not setting me free.
The attendant motioned to two others, picked up a maul and a cold chisel, and strode down the room toward Gar and Dirk.