An instrument by which bevelling angles are taken. Also a sloped surface.
·adj Hence: Morally distorted; not upright. II. Bevel ·adj Having the slant of a bevel; slanting. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·- A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes, and have their t...
The movable part of the instrument by which the angles or bevellings are taken. ...
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