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Bevel

Any angle other than a right angle; the angle which one surface makes with another when they are not at right angles; the slant or inclination of such surface; as, to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab; the bevel of a piece of timber.

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Cone 76% connected

A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- called also a right…

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Miter 76% connected

Alt. of Mitre

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Cut 76% connected

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Edge 76% connected

The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge…

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Splay 76% connected

To display; to spread.

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Cant 92% connected

A corner; angle; niche.

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Chamfer 92% connected

The surface formed by cutting away the arris, or angle, formed by two faces of a piece of timber, stone, etc.

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