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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BEV'EL, n.
Among masons, carpenters,joiners, etc., an instrument, or kind of square, one leg of which is frequently crooked, according to the sweep of an arch or vault. It is movable on a point or center, and so may be set to any angle. An angle that is not square is called a bevel angle, whether obtuse or acute.
1. A curve or inclination of a surface from a right line; as, the proper bevel of a piece of timber.
BEV'EL, a. Crooked; awry; oblique.
BEV'EL, v.t. To cut a bevel angle.
BEV'EL, v.i. To curve; to incline towards a point, or from a direct line.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees [syn: bevel, cant, chamfer]
2: a hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size [syn: bevel, bevel square] v
1: cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel; "bevel the surface" [syn: bevel, chamfer]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: circa 1600 oblique, beveled <a bevel edge> II. noun Etymology: Middle French *bevel, from Old French *baivel, from baïf with open mouth, from baer to yawn — more at abeyance Date: 1610 1. an instrument consisting of two rules or arms jointed together and opening to any angle for drawing angles or adjusting surfaces to be cut at an angle 2. a. the angle that one surface or line makes with another when they are not at right angles b. the slant of such a surface or line 3. the part of printing type extending from face to shoulder III. verb (-eled or -elled; -eling or bevelling) Date: 1677 transitive verb to cut or shape to a bevel intransitive verb incline, slant

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a slope from the horizontal or vertical in carpentry and stonework; a sloping surface or edge. 2 (in full bevel square) a tool for marking angles in carpentry and stonework. --v. (bevelled, bevelling; US beveled, beveling) 1 tr. reduce (a square edge) to a sloping edge. 2 intr. slope at an angle; slant. Phrases and idioms: bevel gear a gear working another gear at an angle to it by means of bevel wheels. bevel wheel a toothed wheel whose working face is oblique to the axis. Etymology: OF bevel (unrecorded) f. ba{iuml}f f. baer gape

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bevel Bev"el, n. [C. F. biveau, earlier buveau, Sp. baivel; of unknown origin. Cf. Bevile.] 1. Any angle other than a right angle; the angle which one surface makes with another when they are not at right angles; the slant or inclination of such surface; as, to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab; the bevel of a piece of timber. 2. An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; -- called also a bevel square. --Gwilt.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bevel Bev"el, a. 1. Having the slant of a bevel; slanting. 2. Hence: Morally distorted; not upright. [Poetic] I may be straight, though they themselves be bevel. --Shak. A bevel angle, any angle other than one of 90[deg]. Bevel wheel, a cogwheel whose working face is oblique to the axis. --Knight.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bevel Bev"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beveled (?) or Bevelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Beveling or Bevelling.] To cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bevel Bev"el, v. i. To deviate or incline from an angle of 90[deg], as a surface; to slant. Their houses are very ill built, the walls bevel. --Swift.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. Chamfer, slope, inclination. II. v. a. Chamfer.

Moby Thesaurus

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