viistää — meaning in English

English meaning

• cant noun The specialized jargon of a particular trade, class, or group.
• chamfer noun A sloped edge cut onto a corner to make it look neater and less sharp.
• feather noun One of the light, branching structures covering a bird's body, used for flight and insulation.

Senses

viistää is used for these senses in English:

• bevel (transitive) To give a canted edge to a surface; to chamfer.
• cant (transitive) To bevel an edge or corner.
• chamfer (transitive) To cut off the edge or corner of something.
• feather (carpentry, engineering) To finely shave or bevel an edge.

cant — full definition

1. noun The specialized jargon of a particular trade, class, or group.
2. noun Insincere or hypocritical talk, especially moralizing speech.
3. noun A tilt, slope, or angled position.
4. verb To tilt or set something at an angle.

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