'Bevel' definitions:

Definition of 'bevel'

(from WordNet)
noun
Two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees [syn: bevel, cant, chamfer]
noun
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]
verb
Cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel; "bevel the surface" [syn: bevel, chamfer]

Definition of 'Bevel'

From: GCIDE
  • Bevel \Bev"el\, v. i. To deviate or incline from an angle of 90[deg], as a surface; to slant. [1913 Webster]
  • Their houses are very ill built, the walls bevel. --Swift. [1913 Webster] Beveled

Definition of 'Bevel'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bevel'

From: GCIDE
  • Bevel \Bev"el\, a.
  • 1. Having the slant of a bevel; slanting. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Hence: Morally distorted; not upright. [Poetic] [1913 Webster]
  • I may be straight, though they themselves be bevel. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • A bevel angle, any angle other than one of 90[deg].
  • Bevel wheel, a cogwheel whose working face is oblique to the axis. --Knight. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bevel'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'bevel'

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