·vt To make a chamfer on.
II. Chamfer ·noun The surface formed by cutting away the arris, or angle, formed by two faces of a piece of timber, stone, ·etc.
III. Chamfer ·vt To cut a furrow in, as in a column; to Groove; to Channel; to Flute.
The cutting or taking off a sharp edge or angle from a plank or timber. It is also called camfering....
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