chiselled

Lithe, with abs chiselled from granite and blond in his hair, he looked like WWE wrestler Cody Rhodes.

The caption said crews "carefully chiselled" out the cornered kitty and that it was now "safe and sound".

A cat that was chiselled out from between two walls by firefighters appeared more angered than relieved after its rescue.

The Frankenstein patchwork of his face has echoes of Alasdair Gray's chiselled artwork and he uses the same gentle accent and singsong voice as Gray himself.

"The effort is optional. But the truth, the truth is sacred. Unalterable. Chiselled into the stone and the foundation of our republic."