See Also: bevel(medicine)
bevel(1)(dictionary)
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Bevel gear(medicine)
cavosurface bevel(medicine)
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bevel(1) (iou)



bevel adjective & noun. Also (now rare) bevil. L16.

A. adjective. Oblique; at more than a right angle; sloping. L16.
L. MacNeice The blue and bevel hills of Uig.
b. noun.
A joiner's and mason's tool consisting of a flat rule with a movable tongue stiffly jointed to one end, for adjusting angles. E17.
An obtuse angle; a slope from the horizontal or vertical; a sloping surface. L17.
Comb.: bevel gear a gear working one shaft from another at an angle to it by bevel wheels; bevel wheel a toothed wheel whose working face is oblique to the axis.