chip at

chip (away) at something

to break off tiny pieces of something little by little. The mason chipped away at the bricks. He chipped at the block of marble gently.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Blaise	BLEZ	French
Viraja	-	Hinduism
Gunnhildur	-	Icelandic
Jagoda	yah-GAW-dah (Polish)	Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Polish
Carme (2)	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Rosheen	-	Irish