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noun

Bevel n.

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.

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.

verb

Bevel v. t. (past & past part. beveled or bevelled; pres. part. beveling or bevelling) To cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of.

Bevel v. i. To deviate or incline from an angle of 90°, as a surface; to slant. "Their houses are very ill built, the walls bevel."

adjective

Bevel adj.

Having the slant of a bevel; slanting.

Hence: Morally distorted; not upright. (Poetic) "I may be straight, though they themselves be bevel."

A bevel angle, any angle other than one of 90°.

Bevel wheel, a cogwheel whose working face is oblique to the axis.

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Etymology of 'Bevel'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bevel" Quotes from Famous Books

... softener at work appears in Fig. 13. The bevel wheels at the end of the rollers are naturally covered as a protection against accidents. In many machines safety appliances are fitted at the feed end so that the machine may be automatically stopped if the operative is in danger. The batching apparatus for this machine is of ...

— The Jute Industry: From Seed to Finished Cloth • T. Woodhouse and P. Kilgour

... 1-1/4 inches, nailed on to the sill to fill up the space between the ribs, and is then covered by the outside plinth or base. The other plan is to set the studs back 1-1/4 inches from face edge of sill; then let the end of ribs bevel down on the sill, or dovetail them into ...

— Woodward's Country Homes • George E. Woodward

... night during his absence I fitted a key to his closet, took out his cards, and sand-papered the face of eight cards in each deck. I then removed the top of his faro-box, bulged out the centre of the front plate at the mouth, and filed the plate on the inside at both corners to a bevel. I then replaced the top, put in a deck of cards, and made a deal. I found the cards not sanded would follow up and fill the mouth of the box after each turn was made; and if the mouth remained dark and the edge of the top ...

— American Sketches - 1908 • Charles Whibley

... advances and knocks the finished spike out of the way to make room for the next. Wire staples, three inches long, are turned out at the rate of a hundred a minute; the wire is pushed forward into the machine and cut off on the bevel to form the points; a hook rises, catches the wire, and draws it down into the proper form, when ...

— Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham - A History And Guide Arranged Alphabetically • Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell

... List of Tools. Swivel Vises. Parts of Lathe. Chisels. Grinding Apparatus. Large Machines. Chucks. Bench Tools. Selecting a Lathe. Combination Square. Micrometers. Protractors. Utilizing Bevel Protractors. Truing Grindstones. Sets of Tools. The Work Bench. ...

— Practical Mechanics for Boys • J. S. Zerbe

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