Bevel

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1. Noun

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.

2. Noun

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.

3. Adjective

Having the slant of a bevel; slanting.

4. Adjective

Hence: Morally distorted; not upright.

5. Verb

To cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of.

6. Verb

To deviate or incline from an angle of 90?, as a surface; to slant.
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