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CHAMFER, CHAMPFER

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 824 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CHAMFER, CHAMPFER

CHAMFER, CHAMPFER Or CHAUMFER (Fr. chanfrein; possibly from See also:

LAT

Lat. cant us, corner, and frangere, to break), an architectural See also:

TERM

term; when the edge or See also:

ARRIS (Fr. areste, or arete)

arris of any See also:

WORK

work is cut off at an See also:

ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

angle of 45° in a small degree, it is said to be " chamfered," while it would be " canted " if on a large See also:

scale. The chamfer is much used in See also:

MEDIEVAL

medieval work, and is sometimes See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, sometimeshollowed out and sometimes moulded.

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