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
Helma	HEL-mah	German, Dutch
Caedmon	KAD-mən (English)	History
Thor	THOR (English), TOR (Danish), TOOR (Swedish, Norwegian)	Norse Mythology, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
Oshea	-	Biblical
Lyric	LIR-ik	English (Modern)
MÁEl Sechlainn	-	Ancient Irish