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Bevel

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(1):

(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.

(2):

(a.) Having the slant of a bevel; slanting.

(3):

(a.) Hence: Morally distorted; not upright.

(4):

(n.) 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.

(5):

(v. t.) To cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of.

(6):

(v. i.) To deviate or incline from an angle of 90¡, as a surface; to slant.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bevel'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/bevel.html. 1828.
 
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