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Jackson6612 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
An engraver's steel cutting tool having the blade ground obliquely to a sharp point
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1 : an engraver's steel cutting tool having the blade ground obliquely to a sharp point
2 : a prehistoric flint tool with a beveled point
[M-W's Col. Dic.]
I couldn't understand the bold parts. Please help me.
1 : an engraver's steel cutting tool having the blade ground obliquely to a sharp point
2 : a prehistoric flint tool with a beveled point
[M-W's Col. Dic.]
I couldn't understand the bold parts. Please help me.
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Jackson6612 ground obliquely to a sharp point Ground is the past / past participle of the irregular verb grind . These flint arrowheads have beveled points.
- Jackson6612 ground obliquely to a sharp point Ground is the past / past participle of the irregular verb grind .
- These flint arrowheads have beveled points.
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Jackson6612ground obliquely to a sharp pointGround is the past / past participle of the irregular verb grind.
Oblique: at an angle (between parallel and perpendicular)
Jackson6612beveled pointA bevel is a rather thick tool with sides that angle down to make sharp edges on all sides.These flint arrowheads
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