[bev-uh
l] 
noun, verb, -eled, -el⋅ing or (especially British) -elled, -el⋅ling, adjective | 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). |
| 8. | to cut or slant at a bevel: to bevel an edge to prevent splintering. |
| 9. | Also, beveled; especially British, bevelled. oblique; sloping; slanted. |
| bev·el (běv'əl) n.
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.] |