Bevel

Definition of Bevel

Bev´el
n.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.
a.1.Having the slant of a bevel; slanting.
2.Hence: Morally distorted; not upright.
I may be straight, though they themselves be bevel.
- Shak.
A bevel angle
any angle other than one of 90°.
Bevel wheel
a cogwheel whose working face is oblique to the axis.
- Knight.
v. t.1.To cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of.
[imp. & p. p. Beveled ( ) or Bevelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Beveling or Bevelling.]
v. i.1.To deviate or incline from an angle of 90°, as a surface; to slant.
Their houses are very ill built, the walls bevel.
- Swift.

Related Words

ascender, astrolabe, azimuth circle, azimuth compass, back, bank, bastard type, beard, belly, bevel protractor, bevel square, beveled, bezel, bias, biased, black letter, body, cap, capital, case, chute, clinometer, counter, descender, easy slope, em, en, face, fat-faced type, feet, fleam, font, gentle slope, glacis, goniometer, grade, gradient, graphometer, groove, hanging gardens, helicline, hillside, inclination, incline, inclined plane, italic, launching ramp, letter, ligature, logotype, lower case, majuscule, minuscule, nick, pantometer, pi, pica, pitch, point, print, protractor, quadrant, radiogoniometer, ramp, roman, sans serif, scarp, script, sextant, shank, shelving beach, shoulder, side, slanted, slanting, slope, small cap, small capital, stamp, steep slope, stem, stiff climb, talus, theodolite, transit, transit circle, transit instrument, transit theodolite, type, type body, type class, type lice, typecase, typeface, typefounders, typefoundry, upper case
Word:

Browse

bettering
Betterment
Bettermost
Betterness
Bettong
Bettongia
Bettor
Betty
Betulaceae
Betulin
Betumble
Betutor
Between
Between decks
Between ourselves
Between wind and water
Betwixt
Betwixt and between
Beurre
bevatron
-Bevel-
Bevel gear
Bevel wheel
Beveled
Bevelment
Bever
Bever gear
Beverage
Bevile
Beviled
Bevy
Bewail
Bewailable
Bewailer
Bewailing
Bewailment
Bewake
Beware
Bewash
Beweep
Bewet
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

© 2009 Interapple, Inc. Cover