everlastingchiseling

noun
UK /ˌɛvəˈlɑːstɪŋˈtʃɪzəlɪŋ/
US /ˌɛvərˈlæstɪŋˈtʃɪzəlɪŋ/

The act of carving something so it stays the same forever.

The sculptor's everlastingchiseling turned the stone into a face that would never fade.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A never-ending effort to shape or improve something.

Her everlastingchiseling at the novel finally produced a perfect chapter.

3. A mark or pattern cut so deeply it can never be removed.

The old coin bore the everlastingchiseling of a forgotten king.

4. The habit of stubbornly picking at a problem until it is solved.

His everlastingchiseling on the broken clock paid off when it chimed again.