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beveller en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɛvl̩ɚ/ (US)
• /ˈbɛvəlɚ/ (US)
• /ˈbɛvələ/ (UK)

Etymology

From bevel + -er.

Meanings

1. One who bevels.
   • He scoured Florence looking at coopers with their heavy wooden hammers, the wool dyers with their arms stained blue and green, the ironmongers, blacksmiths, rustic stone bevelers working the Strozzi palace […] 1961, Irving Stone, chapter 4, in The Agony and the Ecstasy, New York: Signet, page 202:
   • There were doorbells of moribund trades, a glass beveller, a “Church and Legal” printer. 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 16, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:
   • The bevelers of early America often affixed a highly individualized “beveler’s mark” to their finished products. 1981, Vincent L. Fox, Glass Beveling, Hidden House, page 35:
2. A tool or machine used for bevelling.
   • bamboo beveller
   • soap beveller
   • pipe beveller

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