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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. |
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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. |
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Having the slant of a bevel; slanting. |
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Hence: Morally distorted; not upright. |
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To cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of. |
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To deviate or incline from an angle of 90¡, as a surface;
to slant. |