carve

He could carve a bit, and gild and frame, and do odd jobs.

Peppino picked up the louis, and Danglars again prepared to carve the fowl.

“Very droll,” he muttered, “very droll indeed,” and he again began to carve the fowl, when Peppino stopped the baron’s right hand with his left, and held out his other hand.

Workers used simple hand tools and explosives to carve tunnels through solid granite.