bevel

adj

Etymology: From Middle English *bevel, from Anglo-Norman *baivel (whence obsolete French beauveau) a diminutive of Old French baïf (“open-mouthed”), perhaps from baer (“to gape”), from Medieval Latin *batāre (“to gape, yawn, be open”), probably of imitative origin. If so, then related to Italian badare.

1. Having the slant of a bevel; slanting.

   “a bevel angle”

2. Morally distorted; not upright.

   “I may be straight, though they themselves be bevel.”

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English *bevel, from Anglo-Norman *baivel (whence obsolete French beauveau) a diminutive of Old French baïf (“open-mouthed”), perhaps from baer (“to gape”), from Medieval Latin *batāre (“to gape, yawn, be open”), probably of imitative origin. If so, then related to Italian badare.

1. An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90-degree angle; a chamfer.

   “to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab”

2. 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; a bevel square.

   “finding the length with a bevel”

3. A die used for cheating, having some sides slightly rounded instead of flat.

   “The different types of dice made for cheating (flat passers, bevels, cut edges, loaded dice, […]”

   “Bevels are shapes having one or more sides sandpapered so that they are slightly rounded rather than flat.”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English *bevel, from Anglo-Norman *baivel (whence obsolete French beauveau) a diminutive of Old French baïf (“open-mouthed”), perhaps from baer (“to gape”), from Medieval Latin *batāre (“to gape, yawn, be open”), probably of imitative origin. If so, then related to Italian badare.

1. To give a canted edge to a surface; to chamfer.