Knight.
Bevel
(Bev"el), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beveled or Bevelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Beveling or Bevelling.] To
cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of.
Bevel
(Bev"el), v. i. To deviate or incline from an angle of 90°, as a surface; to slant.
Their houses are very ill built, the walls bevel.
Swift.
Beveled
(Bev"eled, Bev"elled) a.
1. Formed to a bevel angle; sloping; as, the beveled edge of a table.
2. (Min.) Replaced by two planes inclining equally upon the adjacent planes, as an edge; having its
edges replaced by sloping planes, as a cube or other solid.
Bevel gear
(Bev"el gear`) (Mech.) A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different
planes, and have their teeth cut at right angles to the surfaces of two cones whose apices coincide with
the point where the axes of the wheels would meet.
Bevelment
(Bev"el*ment) n. (Min.) The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined
to the including faces or adjacent planes.
Bever
(Be"ver) n. [OE. bever a drink, drinking time, OF. beivre, boivre, to drink, fr. L. bibere.] A
light repast between meals; a lunch. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Bever
(Be"ver), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bevered ] To take a light repast between meals. [Obs.]
Beverage
(Bev"er*age) n. [OF. bevrage, F. breuvage, fr. beivre to drink, fr. L. bibere. Cf. Bib, v.
t., Poison, Potable.]
1. Liquid for drinking; drink; — usually applied to drink artificially prepared and of an agreeable flavor; as,
an intoxicating beverage.
He knew no beverage but the flowing stream.
Thomson.
2. Specifically, a name applied to various kinds of drink.
3. A treat, or drink money. [Slang]
Bevile
(Bev"ile) n. [See Bevel.] (Her.) A chief broken or opening like a carpenter's bevel. Encyc.
Brit.
Beviled
(Bev"iled, Bev"illed) a. (Her.) Notched with an angle like that inclosed by a carpenter's bevel; —
said of a partition line of a shield.
Bevy
(Bev"y) n.; pl. Bevies [Perhaps orig. a drinking company, fr. OF. bevée (cf. It. beva) a drink,
beverage; then, perh., a company in general, esp. of ladies; and last applied by sportsmen to larks, quails,
etc. See Beverage.]
