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bev·el (bĕv́əl)

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

noun 

  1. The angle or inclination of a line or surface that meets another at any angle but 90°.
  2. 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

verb: -eled or -elled, -el·ing or -el·ling, -els or -els 

transitive verb 

To cut at an inclination that forms an angle other than a right angle: beveled the edges of the table.

intransitive verb 

To be inclined; slant.