Crossword clues for bevel
bevel
- Woodworker's tool
- Cut corners?
- Angled edge, as on a plank
- Angled cut
- Diagonal slant
- Angle at which surfaces meet
- Woodworking angle
- Type of edge
- Slanted surface
- Oblique cut
- Miter-joint cut
- Miter joint feature
- Instrument for drawing angles
- Gem angle
- Cut on an angle
- Architect's inclination
- Angle wood
- Angle of some window panes
- Angle maker
- Cut obliquely
- Angle on a gem
- Cut at an angle
- Feature of a miter joint
- Cut at a slant
- Oblique cut, as on a mirror's edge
- Two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
- A hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size
- Chamfer
- Cant
- Slanted edge
- Cut on a slant
- Slanting edge
- Smooth the edges
- Sloping surface or edge
- Slanting surface
- Two flat surfaces meeting at other than a right angle
- Carpenter's tool
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bevel \Bev"el\, v. i. To deviate or incline from an angle of 90[deg], as a surface; to slant.
Their houses are very ill built, the walls bevel.
--Swift.
Bevel \Bev"el\, n. [C. F. biveau, earlier buveau, Sp. baivel; of unknown origin. Cf. Bevile.]
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.
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.
Bevel \Bev"el\, a.
Having the slant of a bevel; slanting.
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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 90[deg].
Bevel wheel, a cogwheel whose working face is oblique to the axis.
--Knight.
Bevel \Bev"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beveled (?) or Bevelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Beveling or Bevelling.] To cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1560s, possibly from Old French *baivel (Modern French béveau, biveau), possibly from bayer "to gape, yawn," from Latin *batare "to yawn, gape," from Latin root *bat-, possibly imitative of yawning. If so, the time gap is puzzling. The verb is first recorded 1670s. The noun is 1670s, from the adjective.
Wiktionary
1 Having the slant of a bevel; slanting. 2 Morally distorted; not upright. n. 1 An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90 degree angle. 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; a bevel square. v
(context transitive English) To give a canted edge to a surface.
WordNet
n. two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees [syn: cant, chamfer]
a hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size [syn: bevel square]
Wikipedia
A bevelled edge (UK) or beveled edge (US) refers to an edge of a structure that is not perpendicular to the faces of the piece. The words bevel and chamfer overlap in usage; in general usage they are often interchanged, while in technical usage they may sometimes be differentiated as shown in the image at right. A bevel is typically used to soften the edge of a piece for the sake of safety, wear resistance, or aesthetics; or to facilitate mating with another piece.
Usage examples of "bevel".
The swell of her breasts above the square cut bodice made him wish Bevel gone so he could explore and taste her lushness.
Before she could return the kiss, Bevel arrived to assist Drew in preparing for bed.
Any moment, Bevel or Peggy would arrive and he wanted no interruptions.
The footmen loaded trunks on the carriage where Bertha, Prabha, Peggy and Bevel were to ride.
Though Bevel would have created an unusual arrangement, Drew believed he would do.
A small mental push sent Bevel veering off toward the galley, obedient to the planted suggestion to share a glass of doctored wine with his captain.
Then, unerringly directing his face toward the camera pick-up, Bevel grinned.
Sick to her stomach, she had begged Bevel to help her, telling him only that her master wished her to spy on the ship, but that she would rather serve her new masters faithfully.
She had lost it, railing and ranting at Bevel two ship nights before, demanding they leave immediately.
This morning, Bevel had awakened her with a contrite tongue-lashing, driving her to a glittering peak before leveB had plumbed the depths of her throat, leaving a warm, thick puddle of his copious satisfaction in her belly.
Thank Sparkle Bevel had proved to be a Being who secretly deplored slavery.
The thought of Bevel -- of anyone -- touching any portion of the body resting so peacefully against his caused a growl to rumble in his throat, had him exposing his fangs and tensing his body for attack.
Willa for he had known Bevel too long to harbor doubts about his loyalty.
And then he remembered that this was sloppy and superstitious thinking for a man who knew how to bevel a three eighths Gripley.
Qwi Xux, Ohran Keldor, Bevel Lemelisk, and the other designers of the Death Star.