Definition of bevel

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Bevel (n.) 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..

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Cant :: Cant (n.) An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl.
Shears :: Shears (n.) An instrument consisting of two blades, commonly with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, and working on both sides of the material to be cut, -- used for cutting cloth and other substances..
Bevelled :: Bevelled (a.) Formed to a bevel angle; sloping; as, the beveled edge of a table..
Mitre :: Mitre (n.) The surface forming the beveled end or edge of a piece where a miter joint is made; also, a joint formed or a junction effected by two beveled ends or edges; a miter joint..
Mitre :: Mitre (v. t.) To match together, as two pieces of molding or brass rule on a line bisecting the angle of junction; to bevel the ends or edges of, for the purpose of matching together at an angle..
Beveled :: Beveled (imp. & p. p.) of Beve.
Bevelling :: Bevelling () of Beve.
Bevelled :: Bevelled (a.) Replaced by two planes inclining equally upon the adjacent planes, as an edge; having its edges replaced by sloping planes, as a cube or other solid..
Bevel :: Bevel (a.) Hence: Morally distorted; not upright.
Bevelled :: Bevelled () of Beve.
Bevel Gear :: Bevel gear () A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes, and have their teeth cut at right angles to the surfaces of two cones whose apices coincide with the point where the axes of the wheels would meet..
Bevel :: Bevel (a.) Having the slant of a bevel; slanting.
Bevel :: Bevel (v. i.) To deviate or incline from an angle of 90ยก, as a surface; to slant..
Ream :: Ream (v. t.) To bevel out, as the mouth of a hole in wood or metal; in modern usage, to enlarge or dress out, as a hole, with a reamer..
Bevile :: Bevile (n.) A chief broken or opening like a carpenter's bevel.
Draught :: Draught (n.) The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, in order that it may be drawn from the sand without injury to the mold..
Beveled :: Beveled (a.) Alt. of Bevelle.
Bevelment :: Bevelment (n.) The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes..
Bevilled :: Bevilled (a.) Notched with an angle like that inclosed by a carpenter's bevel; -- said of a partition line of a shield.
Gear :: Gear (n.) A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively..
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