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English
Noun
bezil (plural bezils)
- Alternative form of bezel
1830, Specification of the Patent granted to Isaac Brown, ... Watch Maker, for certain improvements applicable to Watches and other Horological Machines: The Repertory of Patent Inventions, volume IX, page 194:The winder is let in the bezil of the case, and when the bezil is properly attached to the watch case the winder should be just free of the pillar plate, and is fastened to the bezil by means of screws or pins, or it may be cemented as most convenient.
1861, Fraser's Magazine, volume 64, page 444:He solders the belt which he calls a bezil, a term which applies to any ring formed of fiat metal. […] When the bezil has taken the shape of the stone, it is rubbed on a flat slab of holystone till its bottom is worn level.
1949, Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, volume 22, page 67:The sides of the bezil are scroll ornamented. There is no very pronounced bossing, the shape being symmetrical and smooth.