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Bevel adj.

Having the slant of a bevel; slanting.

Hence: Morally distorted; not upright. (Poetic) "I may be straight, though they themselves be bevel."

A bevel angle, any angle other than one of 90°.

Bevel wheel, a cogwheel whose working face is oblique to the axis.

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Etymology of 'Bevel'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bevel" Quotes from Famous Books

... cutters, both of which represent money to the manufacturer. In the patent model these ring-gear teeth have been cut by a milling cutter which did not pass through the ring and across the face of the teeth. This produced a gear somewhat resembling an internal bevel gear, one which could have only the merest contact with its mating pinion. To make a durable gear for this application it would be necessary to pass the cutter through the ring in line with the gear axis. This would require a special or, at least, radically ...

— The Auburndale Watch Company - First American Attempt Toward the Dollar Watch • Edwin A. Battison

... tire bricks, and finally by a second thickness of boiler plate. The well is closed by means of a large plate of iron 6 inches thick, 10 feet in length, and 88 feet in width. The winch which maneuvers this mass is placed at E. It actuates a system of bevel wheels, keyed at F, which transmit motion to two horizontal screws (hidden under the stage) that actuate the plate, H. This latter is provided with two parallel series of five rollers each that revolve over long and strong pieces ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 • Various

... shining surface of the gilt-framed pier glass was a mark—a tiny ink-line that had been carefully drawn across the outer edge of the wide bevel. As Gwendolyn stared at the line, the reflection of her small face in the mirror grew suddenly all white, as if some rude hand had reached out and brushed away the pink from cheeks and lips. Arms rigid at her sides, and open palms pressed hard against the flaring ...

— The Poor Little Rich Girl • Eleanor Gates

Words linked to "Bevel" : hand tool, splay, cant, bevel gear, cut, cone, bevel square, miter