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.
| 1881 Instr. Census Clerks (1885) 55 Plate and Looking Glass Silverer: Beveller, Dipper. Ibid. 83 Card, Pattern-card..Perforator, Beveller. 1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 131 We may as well follow the plate to the bevellers, where the edges are again ground and smoothened. 1921 Dict. 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. 1961 Evening Standard 19 July 19/4 (Advt.), Wanted Beveller..Gt. Yarmouth. |