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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 840 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BEZEL (from an O. Fr. word, cf. Mod. Fr. biseau, basile, possibly connected with
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Lat. bis, twice)  , a sloping edge, as of a cutting
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tool, also known as
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basil . In
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jewelry, the
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term is used for the oblique sides or faces of a
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gem; the rim which secures the crystal of a
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watch in position or a
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jewel in its setting, and particularly the enlarged
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part of a
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ring on which the
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device is engraved (see RING) .

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