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CHAMFER - LoveToKnow Article on CHAMFER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | cant ns, corner, and frangere, to break), an architectural term; when the edge or arris of any work is cut off at an angle of 450 in a small degree, it is said to be chamfered, while it would be canted if on. |
 | | The chamfer is much used in medieval work, and is sometimes plain, sometimes hollowed out and sometimes moulded. |
 | | Chamfers are sometimes stopped by a bead or some moulding, but when cut short by a slope they are generally known as stop chamfer. |
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