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BEVEL (from an O. Fr. word, cf. mod. biveau, a joiner's instrument) , the inclination of one See also: surface of a solid See also: body to another; also, any angle other than a right angle, and particularly, in See also: joinery, the angle to which a piece of See also: timber has to be cut
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The mechanic's instrument known as a bevel consists of a See also: rule with two arms so jointed as to be adjustable to any angle
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In See also: heraldry, a bevel is an angular break in a See also: line
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Bevelment, as a See also: term of crystallography, means the replacement of an edge of a crystal by two planes equally inclined to the adjacent planes
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As an architectural term " bevel " is a sloped or canted edge given to a See also: sill or See also: horizontal course of See also: stone, but is more frequently applied to the canted edges worked round the projecting bands of
See also: masonry which for decorative purposes are employed on the quoins of walls or windows and in some cases, with vertical See also: joints, cover the whole See also: wall
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When the See also: outer face of the stone See also: band is See also: left rough so that it forms what is known as rusticated masonry, the description would be bevelled and rusticated
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The term is sometimes applied to the splaying of the edges of a window on the outside, but the wide expansion made inside in See also: order to admit more See also: light is known as a splay
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