bevel
See also: Bevel
English edit
Etymology edit
From an Old French diminutive of baïf (“open-mouthed”), from baer (“to gape”), from Medieval Latin *badāre, present active infinitive of badō (“I gape, yawn, am open”), probably of imitative origin.[1] Related to Italian badare.
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Noun edit
bevel (plural bevels)
- An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90-degree angle; a chamfer.
- to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab
- 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.
- 1832, Edward Shaw, Civil Architecture:
- finding the length with a bevel
- (gambling) A die used for cheating, having some sides slightly rounded instead of flat.
- 1974, The New York Times Book Review, volume 2, page 35:
- The different types of dice made for cheating (flat passers, bevels, cut edges, loaded dice, […]
- 1978, John Scarne, Scarne's Guide to Casino Gambling, page 176:
- Bevels are shapes having one or more sides sandpapered so that they are slightly rounded rather than flat.
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Translations edit
An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90 degree angle
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Verb edit
bevel (third-person singular simple present bevels, present participle (UK) bevelling or (US) beveling, simple past and past participle (UK) bevelled or (US) beveled)
- (transitive) To give a canted edge to a surface; to chamfer.
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give a canted edge to a surface
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Adjective edit
bevel (comparative more bevel, superlative most bevel)
- Having the slant of a bevel; slanting.
- a bevel angle
- (obsolete, figurative) Morally distorted; not upright.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 121”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
- I may be straight, though they themselves be bevel.
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References edit
- ^ “bevel”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch beveel. Equivalent to a deverbal from bevelen.
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Noun edit
bevel n (plural bevelen, diminutive bevelletje n)
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Descendants edit
- Negerhollands: befeel