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Bevel   /bˈɛvəl/   Listen
Bevel

noun
1.
Two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees.  Synonyms: cant, chamfer.
2.
A hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size.  Synonym: bevel square.
verb
(past & past part. beveled or bevelled; pres. part. beveling or bevelling)
1.
Cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel.  Synonym: chamfer.



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"Bevel" Quotes from Famous Books



... line. Place a second line a quarter-inch within this. Using the line nearest the edge as a guide, cut off the sharp edges on the face of the strip of wood until the slant surface is reached between the line and the back edge. This makes the bevel. The inner line is a guide for spacing the design. Originate a simple design, and lay it off on the board in pencil. Then, using the point of the knife, with the greatest care groove out the design. Place a hole near the top of the strip by means of which to hang it. Notice that the design ...
— Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools • Virginia McGaw

... carries the circular crusher, C, and moves in a ball and socket joint at the upper end, and extends eccentrically through the boss of a bevel wheel, G, at its lower end, and rests on a step supported by a lever that may be adjusted by the screw, R. The wheel, G, is driven by the pinion, P, on whose shaft there are a ...
— Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 • Various

... our heart's core, The dearest of our kin, Do meaeke us like the very door Where they went out an' in. 'Tis zome'hat touchen that bevel Poor flesh an' blood o' wold, O, Do meaeke us like to zee so well The pleaece ...
— Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect • William Barnes

... I had the Eskimos with axes bevel off the edge of the ice-foot abreast of the ship, to facilitate her rising if she should be squeezed by the heavy floes outside. It was snowing lightly all day long; but I went ashore, walking along the ice-foot to the next river, and up to the summit of Black Cape. An occasional walk ...
— The North Pole - Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club • Robert E. Peary

... give an instance first. In figs. 23 and 24 the governor gear is shown diagrammatically, consisting of a couple of weights WW suspended from a vertical spindle. These fly apart when caused to revolve by the bevel wheel gearing BB, and raise the sleeve S to a greater or lesser extent. A recess in the latter engages a lever arm L, through which the vertical movement of the sleeve S is converted into a horizontal ...
— Gas and Oil Engines, Simply Explained - An Elementary Instruction Book for Amateurs and Engine Attendants • Walter C. Runciman


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