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bevel
bev·el / ˈbevəl/ • n. a slope from the horizontal or vertical in carpentry and stonework; a sloping surface or edge. ∎ (in full bev·el square) a tool for marking angles in carpentry and stonework. • v. (bev·eled , bev·el·ing or bev·elled, bev·el·ling) [tr.] [often as adj.] (beveled) reduce (a square edge on an object) to a sloping edge: a beveled mirror. ORIGIN: late 16th cent. (as an adjective in the sense ‘oblique’): from an Old French diminutive of baif ‘open-mouthed,’ from baer ‘to gape’. |
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"bevel." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "bevel." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-bevel.html "bevel." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-bevel.html |
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bevel † adj.: (her.) having two equal acute alternate angles XVI; oblique XVII; sb.; joiner's tool for setting off angles; slope, sloping surface XVII. — OF. *bevel, F. bi-, béveau etc. (XVI), f. OF. baif open-mouthed, f. baer gape; cf. OF. bever give bias to.
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T. F. HOAD. "bevel." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "bevel." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-bevel.html T. F. HOAD. "bevel." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-bevel.html |
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bevel A technique which is used to give the impression that a GRAPHIC IMAGE is raised. It is achieved by applying highlighting colours and a shadow.
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DARREL INCE. "bevel." A Dictionary of the Internet. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DARREL INCE. "bevel." A Dictionary of the Internet. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O12-bevel.html DARREL INCE. "bevel." A Dictionary of the Internet. 2001. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O12-bevel.html |
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•Ethel • lethal • brothel • betrothal
•Cavell, cavil, gavel, gravel, ravel, travel
•Havel, larval, marvel, Marvell, rondavel
•bedevil, bevel, devil, dishevel, kevel, level, revel, split-level
•daredevil • she-devil • eye level
•naval, navel
•coeval, evil, Khedival, medieval, primeval, retrieval, shrieval, upheaval
•civil, drivel, shrivel, snivel, swivel
•carnival • Percival • perspectival
•festival • aestival (US estival)
•adjectival, arrival, deprival, genitival, imperatival, infinitival, outrival, relatival, revival, rival, substantival, survival
•archival
•grovel, hovel, novel
•oval
•approval, removal
•Lovell, shovel
•interval • serval • narwhal
•coequal, equal, prequel, sequel
•bilingual, lingual, monolingual, multilingual
•rorqual • Hywel
•Daniel, spaniel
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"bevel." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "bevel." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-bevel.html "bevel." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-bevel.html |
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