Bevel
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).
