| 释义 |
beveller|ˈbɛvələ(r)|
[f. bevel v. + -er1.]
An operative in various trades, esp. one who bevels the edges of plate glass or steel plates; one who cuts stereotype, electrotype, or process plates and bevels them; one who cuts, bevels, and (when necessary) gilds cards.
1881Instr. Census Clerks (1885) 55 Plate and Looking Glass Silverer: Beveller, Dipper. Ibid. 83 Card, Pattern-card..Perforator, Beveller. 1890W. J. Gordon Foundry 131 We may as well follow the plate to the bevellers, where the edges are again ground and smoothened. 1921Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §558 Card beveller..arranges a pile of cards so that edge of pile slopes at required bevel angle..and scrapes sloped edge with sharp knife. 1961Evening Standard 19 July 19/4 (Advt.), Wanted Beveller..Gt. Yarmouth. |