Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BEV'EL-MENT
BEV'EL-MENT, n.
In mineralogy, bevelment supposes the removal of two contiguous segments from the edges, angles, or terminal faces of the predominant form, thereby producing two new faces, inclined to each other at a certain angle, and forming an edge. – Cleaveland.
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