Bevel
51bevel — I. n. Chamfer, slope, inclination. II. v. a. Chamfer …
52bevel — noun (C) technical 1 a sloping edge or surface, usually along the edge of a piece of wood or glass 2 a tool for making this kind of edge or surface bevelled adjective: bevelled glass …
53bevel — n 1. oblique, cant, bezel, chamfer, miter; slant, angle, diagonal, bias, Heraldry. bend; incline, slope, tilt. v 2. cant, miter, cut at an angle, slant. adj 3. oblique, canted, mitered, beveled; slanted, diagonal, angled, at an angle; inclined,… …
54bevel — bev·el …
55A bevel angle — Bevel Bev el, a. 1. Having the slant of a bevel; slanting. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: Morally distorted; not upright. [Poetic] [1913 Webster] I may be straight, though they themselves be bevel. Shak. [1913 Webster] {A bevel angle}, any angle other… …
56bevel gear — noun Date: circa 1790 either of a pair of toothed wheels whose working surfaces are inclined to nonparallel axes …
57bevel-faced hammer — /bev euhl fayst / a riveting hammer having an oblique face. * * * …
58bevel gear — Mach. a gear having teeth cut into a conical surface, usually meshing with a similar gear set at right angles. Cf. hypoid gear. [1825 35] * * * …
59bevel joint — Carpentry. a miter joint, esp. one in which two pieces meet at other than a right angle. [1815 25] * * * …
60bevel siding — Carpentry. siding composed of tapered pieces, as clapboards, laid with the thicker lower edge of any piece overlapping the thinner upper edge of the piece below it. * * * …
