bevel

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"Melville's faith quivered" on a "violent bevel," but since it's hard to see how a bevel could be violent, we understand Wood to mean that Melville's faith quivered violently, as on a bevel.

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  1. noun The angle or inclination of a line or surface that meets another at any angle but 90°.
  2. noun Two rules joined together as adjustable arms used to measure or draw angles of any size or to fix a surface at an angle. Also called bevel square.
  3. transitive verb To cut at an inclination that forms an angle other than a right angle: beveled the edges of the table.

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  • There was a square, bevel-cut window in the door, and she peered inside. —  Scottoline, Lisa - Mistaken Identity
  • I love the whole concept and idea, the final image looks great to but there is one flaw in my opinion the bevel or drop shadow on the text doesnt look that great i would of took this away or lowered the opacity to make the text seem alot more greater or even have used a different way of making the text stand out. —  Netvouz - new bookmarks
  • "Melville's faith quivered" on a "violent bevel," but since it's hard to see how a bevel could be violent, we understand Wood to mean that Melville's faith quivered violently, as on a bevel. —  Powell's Books: Overview
  • A redesigned wafer handler reduces the possibility of handler-induced film delamination by avoiding contact with complex film stacks that may now extend into the upper bevel, and onboard computing power has been increased to support future releases of more capable algorithms. —  ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom - Today's New Product News
  • Position your first leg on the square mark made previously, and nail it so the bevel is set tightly against the edge of the top board.
 

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  1. Possibly from Old French *bevel, perhaps from baif, open-mouthed, from baer, to gape, from Vulgar Latin *badāre.

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  1. Formerly also bevell, as a term of heraldry bevil, bevile, from Old French *bevel or *buvel (not recorded), modern F. biveau, also spelled beveau, buveau, beuveau, beauveau, etc. (cf. Spanish baivel), bevel; origin unknown.
  2. from bevel, n.
 

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/ˈbɛvɛl/
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