beveladj.n.¹

/ˈbɛvəl/

Forms: 1600s beuell, 1700s–1800s bevil, 1700s– bevel; in Heraldry1500s beuile, 1600s–1800s bevil(e.

Etymology: Apparently < Old French *bevel, not found, but implied in the modern French beveau, beauveau, beuveau (in Boiste's Dict.), biveau (Littré), buveau (Cotgrave, Littré, Boiste); of unknown derivation. Godefroy cites a single instance of a verb bever, which he explains as ‘biaiser (i.e. to slope, make slanting): architectural term’; but this seems insecure. It is uncertain whether the adjective or noun is earlier: the order here is provisional.

A. adj.

1. Heraldry. Of a line: Broken so as to have two equal acute alternate angles; composed of two parallel portions joined at acute angles by an intermediate piece.

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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [adjective] > other shapes of line or edge

crooked and sharpc1420

bevel1562

vivry1572

meslé1632

rayonné1660

enclave1661

rayonnant1725

palissé1780

mortised?1828

1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory (1579) 78 b Hee beareth party per pale Beuile, Or and purpure..He beareth party per Bend Beuile, Argent, and purpure.

2. Oblique; esp. at more than a right angle; sloping, slant, inclined from a right angle, or from a horizontal or vertical position.

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the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > placed at an angle > bevelling or bevelled

bevel1609

canted1649

bevelling1678

bevelled1758

chamfered?1790

splayed1823

sprung1825

splaying1874

snaped1875

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxxi. sig. H2 I may be straight though they them-selues be beuel .

1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. v. 85 The Bevil..is used..for the striking such Bevil lines.

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. ix. 368 The walls of the Chappel stand quite bevil to those of the Church.

1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xxii. 148 The Mortise is bevel. [See bevel edge n. at Compounds.]

1943 L. MacNeice in Penguin New Writing 16 41 A bevel hill with..a cairn of stones.

1944 W. H. Auden For Time Being (1945) 55 With bisson eye and bevel course.

B. n.¹

1. A common joiner's and mason's tool, consisting of a flat rule with a movable tongue or arm stiffly jointed to one end, for setting off angles.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for marking out work > [noun] > tool for setting of angles

bevel1611

mitre-bevel1844

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Buveau, a kind of Squire or Squire-like Instrument, hauing mouable, and compasse, branches; or th' one branch compasse and th' other straight; some call it a Beuell.

1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. v. 85 The Bevil..having its Tongue movable upon a Center may be set to strike angles of any..numbers of Degrees.

1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 386 The Bevel is employed in drawing the soffit line on the face of the bricks.

1876 J. S. Blackie Songs Relig. & Life 221 Time 'tis none for square and bevel.

2. A slope from the right angle, an obtuse angle; a slope from the horizontal or vertical; a surface or part so sloping. In the mechanical arts, the defined slope or curve to which timber, etc. must be cut. (Sometimes bevel is technically applied to any angle exc. 90° and 45°.)

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the world > space > relative position > inclination > [noun] > an inclination

bevel1678

skew1688

sklent1768

spring1793

snape1794

cant1881

1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. vi. Explan. Terms 107 Any sloping angle that is not a square, is called a Bevil.

1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 149 The Brethren o' the mystic level May hing their head in wofu' bevel.

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §53 The upper bevil, or projection by way of cornice for throwing off the sea.

1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. xvi. 176 In the outlook window the outside bevel downwards is essential.

1863 A. Wynter Subtle Brains 274 [It] cut the plank to the exact size and bevil it was required to take.

3. Short for bevel-wheel n. at Compounds.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > cog or gear > bevel

bevel-gear?1790

bevel1870

1870 in Eng. Mech. 18 Mar. 652/3 This bevel gears with a horizontal bevel underneath the base.

4. Typography. (A piece of metal used by stereotypers to form) the bevelled edge of a plate.

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society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > blocks, plates, or transfers > [noun] > stereotype plates > edge of

bevel1874

1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 278/2 Bevel,..a slug cast nearly type-high and with chamfered edges. Used by stereotypers.

1900 H. Hart Cent. Typogr. 8 The above and also the plate used as a Frontispiece to the 1695..and 1706 Specimens, have no flanges or bevels, but are almost straight-cut at the edges.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations.

bevel-angle n. (see quot.).

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the world > space > shape > angularity > [noun] > angle or corner > not 90 nor 45 degrees

bevel-angle1728

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Bevel Bevil Angle is used to denote any other Angle but those of 90 or 45 Degrees.

bevel edge n. the oblique edge of a chisel or similar tool.

bevel-edged adj.

bevel-gear n. gear for conveying motion by means of bevel-wheels from one shaft to another at an angle (usually a right angle) with it.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > cog or gear > bevel

bevel-gear?1790

bevel1870

?1790 J. Imison School of Arts (ed. 2) 34 The Principle of Bevel Geer, consists in two cones, rolling on the surface of each other.

1833 R. Phillips Fam. Cycl. 1339/1 Wheels are denominated spur, crown, or bevel-gear, according to the direction or position of the teeth.

bevel-gearing n.

bevel-joint n. a sloping joint for uniting pieces of timber end to end.

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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > wooden structures or wooden parts of > means of fitting together > types of joint

indenting1382

scarf1497

swallowtail1548

dovetail1565

mortise-piece1577

tenon and mortise1610

culver-tail1616

mortise and tenon1631

finger joint1657

breaking joint1663

meeting1663

mitre1665

scarfing1671

heading joint1773

dovetail-joint1776

butting joint1803

bevel-joint1823

lap-joint1823

lapped mitre1825

mitre dovetail1847

bridle joint1860

mortise1875

sypher-joint1875

keyed mitre1876

tongue-and-groove1882

saddle joint1948

1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 120 Other modes of continuing the length of timbers or beams is, by splicing them with a long bevel-joint.

bevel-square n. (see B. 1).

bevel-tool n. a turner's tool with a bevel-edge for forming grooves and tapers in wood.

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bevel-wheel n. a toothed wheel whose working face, consisting of a frustum of a cone, is oblique with the axis, used to work in connection with another bevel wheel, the shafts of the two being usually at right angles to each other.

bevel-ways adv.

bevel-wise adv. at a bevel.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

bevelv.

Forms: Also 1700s bevil.

Etymology: < bevel n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbevel.

1. transitive. To cut away or otherwise bring to a slope; to reduce (a square edge) to a more obtuse angle; often with away, off, etc.

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the world > space > relative position > inclination > incline [verb (transitive)] > bevel

cant1542

splay1598

chamfret1611

cipher1674

bevel1678

bezel1680

chamfer1688

champer1788

scarf1831

to wash off1833

splay1879

1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. vi. 106 You may..Bevil away the outer edges of the Pannels.

1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. x. 194 The same rings are also bevelled off at the upper and lower edges.

1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. xvi. 175 The wall is to be bevelled on the outside, so as to increase the range of sight as far as possible.

1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket v. i. 171 All was planed and bevell'd smooth again.

figurative.1874 J. S. Blackie On Self-culture 16 To bevel down the corners of a character so constituted by a little æsthetical culture.

2. intransitive. To recede in a slope from the right angle; to slant.

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the world > space > relative position > inclination > incline or be oblique [verb (intransitive)] > be bevelled

bevel1686

splay1725

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. iv. 168 In the whole length it did not bevel, or depart from a true level, above an inch.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. ii. 26 Their Houses are very ill built, the Walls Bevil, without one Right Angle in any Apartment.

1862 J. Tyndall Mountaineering in 1861 vii. 63 At one place, however, the precipice bevels off to a steep incline of smooth rock.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	bevel
释义	† beveln.² Forms: pre-1700 beuell, 1700s bevel. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps (i) formed within English, by conversion. Or perhaps (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: bevel adj.; bevel n.¹ Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps either < bevel adj., or a specific sense development of bevel n.¹ (the assumed semantic motivation being that the blow knocks a person off balance). Scottish. Obsolete. A staggering blow. ΚΠ 1603 Philotus cxxxiv. sig. E4 Indeid thow sall beir mee a beuell. 1715 A. Pennecuik Curious Coll. Scotish Poems in Geogr., Hist. Descr. Tweeddale App. 93 And gave him..Three Bevels till he gard him beck. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021). beveladj.n.¹ /ˈbɛvəl/ Forms: 1600s beuell, 1700s–1800s bevil, 1700s– bevel; in Heraldry1500s beuile, 1600s–1800s bevil(e. Etymology: Apparently < Old French bevel, not found, but implied in the modern French beveau, beauveau, beuveau* (in Boiste's Dict.), biveau (Littré), buveau (Cotgrave, Littré, Boiste); of unknown derivation. Godefroy cites a single instance of a verb bever, which he explains as ‘biaiser (i.e. to slope, make slanting): architectural term’; but this seems insecure. It is uncertain whether the adjective or noun is earlier: the order here is provisional. A. adj. 1. Heraldry. Of a line: Broken so as to have two equal acute alternate angles; composed of two parallel portions joined at acute angles by an intermediate piece. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [adjective] > other shapes of line or edge crooked and sharpc1420 bevel1562 vivry1572 meslé1632 rayonné1660 enclave1661 rayonnant1725 palissé1780 mortised?1828 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory (1579) 78 b Hee beareth party per pale Beuile, Or and purpure..He beareth party per Bend Beuile, Argent, and purpure. 2. Oblique; esp. at more than a right angle; sloping, slant, inclined from a right angle, or from a horizontal or vertical position. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > placed at an angle > bevelling or bevelled bevel1609 canted1649 bevelling1678 bevelled1758 chamfered?1790 splayed1823 sprung1825 splaying1874 snaped1875 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxxi. sig. H2 I may be straight though they them-selues be beuel . View more context for this quotation 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. v. 85 The Bevil..is used..for the striking such Bevil lines. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. ix. 368 The walls of the Chappel stand quite bevil to those of the Church. 1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xxii. 148 The Mortise is bevel. [See bevel edge n. at Compounds.] 1943 L. MacNeice in Penguin New Writing 16 41 A bevel hill with..a cairn of stones. 1944 W. H. Auden For Time Being (1945) 55 With bisson eye and bevel course. B. n.¹ 1. A common joiner's and mason's tool, consisting of a flat rule with a movable tongue or arm stiffly jointed to one end, for setting off angles. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for marking out work > [noun] > tool for setting of angles bevel1611 mitre-bevel1844 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Buveau, a kind of Squire or Squire-like Instrument, hauing mouable, and compasse, branches; or th' one branch compasse and th' other straight; some call it a Beuell. 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. v. 85 The Bevil..having its Tongue movable upon a Center may be set to strike angles of any..numbers of Degrees. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 386 The Bevel is employed in drawing the soffit line on the face of the bricks. 1876 J. S. Blackie Songs Relig. & Life 221 Time 'tis none for square and bevel. 2. A slope from the right angle, an obtuse angle; a slope from the horizontal or vertical; a surface or part so sloping. In the mechanical arts, the defined slope or curve to which timber, etc. must be cut. (Sometimes bevel is technically applied to any angle exc. 90° and 45°.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > [noun] > an inclination bevel1678 skew1688 sklent1768 spring1793 snape1794 cant1881 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. vi. Explan. Terms 107 Any sloping angle that is not a square, is called a Bevil. 1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 149 The Brethren o' the mystic level May hing their head in wofu' bevel. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §53 The upper bevil, or projection by way of cornice for throwing off the sea. 1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. xvi. 176 In the outlook window the outside bevel downwards is essential. 1863 A. Wynter Subtle Brains 274 [It] cut the plank to the exact size and bevil it was required to take. 3. Short for bevel-wheel n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > cog or gear > bevel bevel-gear?1790 bevel1870 1870 in Eng. Mech. 18 Mar. 652/3 This bevel gears with a horizontal bevel underneath the base. 4. Typography. (A piece of metal used by stereotypers to form) the bevelled edge of a plate. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > blocks, plates, or transfers > [noun] > stereotype plates > edge of bevel1874 1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 278/2 Bevel,..a slug cast nearly type-high and with chamfered edges. Used by stereotypers. 1900 H. Hart Cent. Typogr. 8 The above and also the plate used as a Frontispiece to the 1695..and 1706 Specimens, have no flanges or bevels, but are almost straight-cut at the edges. Compounds attributive and in other combinations. bevel-angle n. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > [noun] > angle or corner > not 90 nor 45 degrees bevel-angle1728 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Bevel Bevil Angle is used to denote any other Angle but those of 90 or 45 Degrees. bevel edge n. the oblique edge of a chisel or similar tool. bevel-edged adj. bevel-gear n. gear for conveying motion by means of bevel-wheels from one shaft to another at an angle (usually a right angle) with it. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > cog or gear > bevel bevel-gear?1790 bevel1870 ?1790 J. Imison School of Arts (ed. 2) 34 The Principle of Bevel Geer, consists in two cones, rolling on the surface of each other. 1833 R. Phillips Fam. Cycl. 1339/1 Wheels are denominated spur, crown, or bevel-gear, according to the direction or position of the teeth. bevel-gearing n. bevel-joint n. a sloping joint for uniting pieces of timber end to end. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > wooden structures or wooden parts of > means of fitting together > types of joint indenting1382 scarf1497 swallowtail1548 dovetail1565 mortise-piece1577 tenon and mortise1610 culver-tail1616 mortise and tenon1631 finger joint1657 breaking joint1663 meeting1663 mitre1665 scarfing1671 heading joint1773 dovetail-joint1776 butting joint1803 bevel-joint1823 lap-joint1823 lapped mitre1825 mitre dovetail1847 bridle joint1860 mortise1875 sypher-joint1875 keyed mitre1876 tongue-and-groove1882 saddle joint1948 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 120 Other modes of continuing the length of timbers or beams is, by splicing them with a long bevel-joint. bevel-square n. (see B. 1). bevel-tool n. a turner's tool with a bevel-edge for forming grooves and tapers in wood. Categories » bevel-wheel n. a toothed wheel whose working face, consisting of a frustum of a cone, is oblique with the axis, used to work in connection with another bevel wheel, the shafts of the two being usually at right angles to each other. bevel-ways adv. bevel-wise adv. at a bevel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bevelv. Forms: Also 1700s bevil. Etymology: < bevel n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbevel. 1. transitive. To cut away or otherwise bring to a slope; to reduce (a square edge) to a more obtuse angle; often with away, off, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > incline [verb (transitive)] > bevel cant1542 splay1598 chamfret1611 cipher1674 bevel1678 bezel1680 chamfer1688 champer1788 scarf1831 to wash off1833 splay1879 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. vi. 106 You may..Bevil away the outer edges of the Pannels. 1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. x. 194 The same rings are also bevelled off at the upper and lower edges. 1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. xvi. 175 The wall is to be bevelled on the outside, so as to increase the range of sight as far as possible. 1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket v. i. 171 All was planed and bevell'd smooth again. figurative.1874 J. S. Blackie On Self-culture 16 To bevel down the corners of a character so constituted by a little æsthetical culture. 2. intransitive. To recede in a slope from the right angle; to slant. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > incline or be oblique [verb (intransitive)] > be bevelled bevel1686 splay1725 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. iv. 168 In the whole length it did not bevel, or depart from a true level, above an inch. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. ii. 26 Their Houses are very ill built, the Walls Bevil, without one Right Angle in any Apartment. 1862 J. Tyndall Mountaineering in 1861 vii. 63 At one place, however, the precipice bevels off to a steep incline of smooth rock. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.²1603adj.n.¹1562v.1678
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† beveln.2

beveladj.n.1

Compounds

bevelv.

† beveln.²

beveladj.n.¹