chamferedadj.
/ˈtʃamfəd/ 1. Channelled, fluted, furrowed, grooved. archaic.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [adjective] > of or relating to a groove > grooved
channelled?a1425
guttered1562
chamfered1565
channelured1578
fluted1611
furrowy1611
furrowed1615
striated1646
striate1678
struck1678
cannulated1696
canaliculated1751
grooved1793
goffered1860
cannelured1872
runnelled1876
rilled1899
1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus Striatus, chamfered, chanelled.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Feb. Comes the breme winter with chamfred browes, Full of wrinkles and frosty furrowes.
1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden ccci. 565 A stalk..straked or chamfered.
1822 Monthly Mag. 53 395 A horn, chamfered or fluted longitudinally.
2. Bevelled off (as a square angle), having the arris replaced by a plane.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > placed at an angle > bevelling or bevelled
bevel1609
canted1649
bevelling1678
bevelled1758
chamfered?1790
splayed1823
sprung1825
splaying1874
snaped1875
?1790 J. Imison School of Arts (ed. 2) 21 Chisels, and other edge tools, which are chamfered only on one side.
1793 Sir G. Shuckburgh in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 83 91 All these, as well as every other adjusting screw throughout the instrument, have chamfered heads.
1862 Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 529 The solid stone piers, with chamfered angles.
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adj.1565