ˈripping-chisel
(See quots.)
| a. 1659 Howell Vocab. li, A maul, a mallet, a chizel, a rippin chizel. 1679 Moxon Mech. Exerc. vii. 124 The Ripping-Chissel..is about an Inch broad, and hath a blunt Edge... Its Office is..to rip or tear two pieces of Wood fastned together from one another. Ibid., Most commonly Carpenters use an old cast off Chissel for a Ripping Chissel. 1842 Gwilt Archit. 949 There are various kinds of chisels; the principal ones used in carpentry and joinery are..the socket chisel, and the ripping chisel. |
| b. 1812 Ann. Reg., Chron. 5 The ripping-chisel or crow⁓bar, about three feet long. 1823 P. Nicholson Pract. Build. 220 To cut or break a hole in brick-work, with the ripping-chisel. |
| c. 1875 Knight Dict. Mech. 1945/2 Ripping-chisel (Wood⁓working), a crooked chisel for cleaning out mortises. |