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ice-chisel
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
an ice-cutting tool. See 1848 quote.
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1689
This day finding our Burdens heavy concluded to leave some things for a mark so left 1 Bottle of Powder & some shott 2 Ice Chizzels 4 hatchets on ye top of a flatt stone.
1748
On the 23d on this Month, Orders Were given to cut the Ice from about our Ships; which was performed with Ice Chissels, and Pick-axes.
1848
Things being arranged to his entire satisfaction, he takes an instrument called an ice-chisel, which is a bit of steel about a foot long, by one inch broad, fastened to the end of a stout pole, wherewith he proceeds to dig through the lodge.
1960
. . . when sufficient distance is reached for a net "set," another hole is chopped with an ice chisel. . . .
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