† martelinen.
Obsolete. rare.
A small hammer, pointed at one end, used by sculptors and marble-workers. marteline-chisel n. a sculptor's chisel, struck with a mallet or hammer.
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1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1402/1 Marteline, a small stone-hammer..used by sculptors and marble-workers. It is pointed at one end and square or diamond-shaped at the other. Marteline-chisel, a sculptor's chisel, driven by a mallet or hammer, and used by artists or workers in marble.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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