Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Chamfer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chamfer \Cham"fer\, n. [See {Chamfron}.]
The surface formed by cutting away the arris, or angle,
formed by two faces of a piece of timber, stone, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chamfer \Cham"fer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chamfered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Chamfering}. ]
1. (Carp.) To cut a furrow in, as in a column; to groove; to
channel; to flute.
2. To make a chamfer on.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chamfer
n : two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
[syn: {bevel}, {cant}]
v 1: cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel; "bevel the surface" [syn:
{bevel}]
2: cut a furrow into a columns [syn: {furrow}, {chase}]
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