·- A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes, and have their teeth cut at right angles to the surfaces of two cones whose apices coincide with the point where the axes of the wheels would meet.
·adj Hence: Morally distorted; not upright. II. Bevel ·adj Having the slant of a bevel; slanting. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
An instrument by which bevelling angles are taken. Also a sloped surface. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun ·see 1st Jeer (b). II. Gear ·noun Warlike accouterments. III. Gear ·noun Manner; custom; beh...
[the Anglo-Saxon geara, clothing]. A general name for the rigging of any particular spar or sail; ...
·add. ·- A gear by means of which the speed of machinery or of a vehicle may be changed while that o...
·add. ·- A change-speed gear in which the gears are changed by sliding endwise. ...
·noun ·Alt. of <<Headgear>>. ...
·add. ·- A friction gear wheel with wedge-shaped circumferential grooves. ...
A term denoting the ropes, blocks, &c., belonging to the bowsprit. ...
Mats, sinnet, spun-yarn, strands, battens, scotchmen, and the like. ...
Everything pertaining to its handling. ...
A term implying any materials requisite for fitting or repairing the pumps, as boxes, leather, &c. ...
·add. ·- A steering gear, ·esp. for an automobile, not affected by the road wheels, as when they str...
The movable part of the instrument by which the angles or bevellings are taken. ...
This is said when the gab of the eccentric rod is allowed to fall upon its stud on the gab-lever. ...
Disconnecting the eccentric rod from the gab-lever. ...