Bevel

== Webster's Dictionary ==

(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 ==

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).