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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Chamfer

Chăm'fer, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. CHAMFERED; p. pr. & vb. n. CHAMFERING.] [See infra.]

  1. (Carp.) To cut a furrow in, as in a column; to groove; to channel; to flute.
  2. To cut or grind in a sloping manner, as the edge of any thing originally right-angled; to bevel.
A cross-sectional engraving shows horizontal layers interrupted by an irregular central feature.
A drawing of a rectangular block with chamfered edges.
Chamfered Block.

Chām’fer or Chām’fret, n.

noun

n. [O. Eng. chamfer, O. Fr. chamfrein, chamfrain. See CHAMFRON.] 1. (Carp.) A small gutter, or furrow, cut in wood, or other hard material; a groove. 2. A slope or bevel produced by cutting off the edge of any thing originally right-angled.