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noun
1.
the diagonal face at the end of the blade of a chisel, or the like, leading to the edge.
3.
a grooved ring or rim holding a gem, watch crystal, etc., in its setting.
4.
Automotive. the part of a vehicle's bodywork that surrounds a light.
Origin:
1605–15; akin to French biseau bevel, chamfer
1605–15; akin to French biseau bevel, chamfer
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Bezel
is always a great word to know.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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bezel
1610s, "sloping edge," also "groove in which a stone is set," from O.Fr. *besel (13c.; Mod.Fr. biseau), cognate with Sp. bisel; of uncertain origin, perhaps lit. "a stone with two angles," from V.L. *bis-alus, from bis- "twice" + ala "wing, side." Meaning "oblique face of a gem" is from c.1840.
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