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   bevel

   /ˈbɛvl/

   noun

   • 1. a slope from the horizontal or vertical in carpentry and stonework; a sloping surface or edge: "a very small 45° bevel is ground on the top surface"
   • ▪ a tool for marking angles in carpentry and stonework.

   verb

   • 1. change (a square edge on an object) to a sloping one: "polish the face of the plate and bevel the edge"

   Word Origin late 16th century (as an adjective in the sense ‘oblique’): from an Old French diminutive of baif ‘open-mouthed’, from baer ‘to gape’ (see bay3).

   Scrabble Points: 10

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