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bev·el

[bev-uh

l] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -eled, -el·ing or (especially British

) -elled, -el·ling, adjective

–noun

1.	the inclination that one line or surface makes with another when not at right angles.

2.	a surface that does not form a right angle with adjacent surfaces. Compare chamfer.

3.	(of a lock bolt) the oblique end that hits the strike plate.

4.	(of a lock with a beveled bolt) the side facing in the same direction as the bevel at the end of the bolt. Compare regular bevel, reverse bevel.

5.	bevel square.

6.	an adjustable instrument for drawing angles or adjusting the surface of work to a particular inclination.

7.	Printing. beard (def. 5).

–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

8.	to cut or slant at a bevel: to bevel an edge to prevent splintering.

–adjective

9.	Also, beveled; especially British, bevelled. oblique; sloping; slanted.

[Origin: 1555–65; < MF *bevel (F béveau, biveau), OF *baivel, equiv. to baïf with open mouth (ba(er) to gape (see bay²) + -if -ive) + -el < L -ellus; see -elle

]

—Related forms

bev·el·er; especially British, bev·el·ler, noun

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bev·el (běv'əl) Pronunciation Key
n.

The angle or inclination of a line or surface that meets another at any angle but 90°.
Two rules joined together as adjustable arms used to measure or draw angles of any size or to fix a surface at an angle. Also called bevel square.

v.   bev·eled or bev·elled, bev·el·ing or bev·el·ling, bev·els

v.   tr.
To cut at an inclination that forms an angle other than a right angle: beveled the edges of the table.

v.   intr.
To be inclined; slant.

[Possibly from Old French *bevel, perhaps from baif, open-mouthed, from baer, to gape, from Vulgar Latin *badāre.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
bevel

1562, possibly from O.Fr. *baivel, from bayer "to gape, yawn," from L. *batare "to yawn, gape," from L. root *bat-, possibly imitative of yawning. The verb is first recorded 1677.

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bevel
noun
1.	two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
2.	a hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size
verb
1.	cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel; "bevel the surface"

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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