bevel

See also: Bevel

English

Etymology

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. Related to Italian badare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛv.əl/
• Rhymes: -ɛvəl

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

bevel (plural bevels)

1. 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

2. 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

3. (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.

Derived terms

• bevelment
• bevel gear
• bevel wheel

Translations

An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90 degree angle

• Bulgarian: скосяване n (skosjavane), фаска f (faska)
• Catalan: bisell (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 斜角 (zh) (xiéjiǎo)

• Dutch: kartelen (nl)
• Esperanto: bevelo
• Finnish: särmä (fi), viiste (fi)
• French: biseau (fr) m
• German: Schräge f, Fase (de) f, Abschrägung f, Abfasung (de) f, Schrägung (de) f, Schrägfläche f, Gehrung (de) f
• Irish: faobhar beibhealta m
• Italian: bisello (it) m, bisellatura f, smussatura f
• Portuguese: bisel (pt) m
• Romanian: bizou n
• Russian: скос (ru) m (skos), фа́ска (ru) f (fáska)
• Swedish: avfasning c, avrundning (sv) c
• Welsh: ymyl pefel m, ymyl befel m or f

Verb

bevel (third-person singular simple present bevels, present participle (UK) bevelling or (US) beveling, simple past and past participle (UK) bevelled or (US) beveled)

1. (transitive) To give a canted edge to a surface; to chamfer.

Derived terms

• beveller

Translations

give a canted edge to a surface

• Bulgarian: скосявам (skosjavam)
• Catalan: bisellar (ca)
• Esperanto: beveli
• Finnish: viistota, viistää (fi)
• French: aiguiser (fr), biseauter (fr), chanfreiner (fr)
• German: anschrägen, abschrägen (de), anfasen (de), fasen (de), schrägen (de)
• Ido: bizelizar (io)
• Maori: heretua, whakatipihori
• Portuguese: biselar
• Romanian: bizota (ro)
• Russian: ска́шивать (ru) impf (skášivatʹ), скоси́ть (ru) pf (skosítʹ)
• Spanish: biselar (es)

Adjective

bevel (comparative more bevel, superlative most bevel)

1. Having the slant of a bevel; slanting.

   a bevel angle

2. (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.

Translations

Having the slant of a bevel; slanting

• Portuguese: biselado m, biselada f

Anagrams

• BLEVE, bleve

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch beveel. Equivalent to a deverbal from bevelen.

Compare German Befehl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈvɛl/, [-vɛɫ], [-fɛɫ]

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• Hyphenation: be‧vel
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

bevel n (plural bevelen, diminutive bevelletje n)

1. order, command

Derived terms

• bevelhebber
• bevelhebster
• bevelvoerder
• opperbevel

Descendants

• Negerhollands: befeel

Anagrams

• bleve