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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_92959" /> == | |||
<p> '''(1):''' (n.) 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. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (a.) Having the slant of a bevel; slanting. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (a.) Hence: Morally distorted; not upright. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (n.) 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. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (v. t.) To cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (v. i.) To deviate or incline from an angle of 90¡, as a surface; to slant. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_25076" /> == | |||
<p> is a sloped or canted surface resembling a chamfer or splay, excepting that in strictness this latter term should be applied only to openings which have their sides sloped for the purpose of enlarging them, while a sloped surface in another situation would be a bevel; this distinction, however, is seldom regarded. and the two terms are commonly used synonymously, (See [[Cant]]); (See [[Splay]]). </p> | <p> is a sloped or canted surface resembling a chamfer or splay, excepting that in strictness this latter term should be applied only to openings which have their sides sloped for the purpose of enlarging them, while a sloped surface in another situation would be a bevel; this distinction, however, is seldom regarded. and the two terms are commonly used synonymously, (See [[Cant]]); (See [[Splay]]). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_92959"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/bevel Bevel from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_25076"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/bevel Bevel from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_25076"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/bevel Bevel from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:16, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) 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.
(2): (a.) Having the slant of a bevel; slanting.
(3): (a.) Hence: Morally distorted; not upright.
(4): (n.) 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.
(5): (v. t.) To cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of.
(6): (v. i.) To deviate or incline from an angle of 90¡, as a surface; to slant.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
is a sloped or canted surface resembling a chamfer or splay, excepting that in strictness this latter term should be applied only to openings which have their sides sloped for the purpose of enlarging them, while a sloped surface in another situation would be a bevel; this distinction, however, is seldom regarded. and the two terms are commonly used synonymously, (See Cant); (See Splay).
