Meanings of chisel out in English

He had also to chisel out the earth which was to be his abode.

No actress in Hollywood history has been able to chisel out the supremacy Jolie has in a male-dominated genre.

The truthful man can look you in the eye and chisel out his words and you know he means it.

The artist had great skill who could chisel out of marble such a strong, bold rider, and such a spirited horse.

The rays of the morning sun chisel out and cut down the shadows in a way those of the setting sun do not.

Warren Gatland has a remarkable Six Nations coaching record and his ability to chisel out a psychological edge is among his many talents.

Then we looked out a nice flagstone in the stable-yard, and we got a cold chisel out of the Dentist's toolbox, and began.

If chances were hard enough to chisel out in Cape Town, then they can be expected to come thick and fast at the Wanderers.

The then grimstborith of Dûrgrimst Ingeitum, Hvalmar Lackhand, stopped the mining and, instead, had his masons chisel out the trees from the surrounding stone.

In the center of each block chisel out a hole 2 x 2 inches and about 1 inch in depth.

He will have to be chiselled out over the next few weeks.

His teeth are expressly suited by nature for cutting and chiselling out trees.

Lastly we chiseled out the area where the riders go.

But the eye was often chiseled out of statues and paintings of the dead.

The scribe might have been chiseled out of stone.

He has chiseled out the bricks and stacked them to one side of the hole.