BEVEL

bevel, bevel square

(noun) a hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size

bevel, cant, chamfer

(noun) two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees

bevel, chamfer

(verb) cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel; “bevel the surface”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Proper noun

Bevel (plural Bevels)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bevel is the 25572^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 965 individuals. Bevel is most common among White (62.9%) and Black/African American (30.57%) individuals.

Anagrams

• BLEVE, bleve

Etymology

Noun

bevel (plural bevels)

An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90-degree angle; a chamfer.

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; a bevel square.

Verb

bevel (third-person singular simple present bevels, present participle (US) beveling or (UK) bevelling, simple past and past participle (US) beveled or (UK) bevelled)

(transitive) To give a canted edge to a surface; to chamfer.

Adjective

bevel (comparative more bevel, superlative most bevel)

Having the slant of a bevel; slanting.

Morally distorted; not upright.

Anagrams

• BLEVE, bleve

Source: Wiktionary

Bev"el, n. Etym: [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.

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 90º.

– Bevel wheel, a cogwheel whose working face is oblique to the axis. Knight.

Bev"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beveled (Bevelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Beveling or Bevelling.]

Definition: To cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of.

Bev"el, v. i.

Definition: To deviate or incline from an angle of 90 Their houses are very ill built, the walls bevel. Swift.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition