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bezel

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bez=el

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun bezel has 1 sense

bezel(n = noun.artifact) Array - a sloping edge on a cutting tool; Array

is a kind of

edge

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CIDE DICTIONARY

bezel, n. [From an old form of F. biseau sloping edge, prob. fr. L. bis double. See Bi-.].

The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

bezel, n.
1 the sloped edge of a chisel.
2 the oblique faces of a cut gem.
3 a a groove holding a watch-glass or gem. b a rim holding a glass etc. cover.

Etymology

OF besel (unrecorded: cf. F b{eacute}seau, bizeau) of unkn. orig.

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