to give abevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab
Aninstrument consisting of tworules orarms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; abevel square.
1832, Edward Shaw,Civil Architecture:
finding the length with abevel
(gambling) Adie used forcheating, having some sides slightly rounded instead of flat.
1974,The New York Times Book Review, volume 2, page35:
The different types of dice made for cheating (flat passers,bevels, cut edges, loaded dice,[…]
1978, John Scarne,Scarne's Guide to Casino Gambling, page176:
Bevels are shapes having one or more sides sandpapered so that they are slightly rounded rather than flat.
bevel (third-person singular simple presentbevels,present participle(UK)bevellingor(US)beveling,simple past and past participle(UK)bevelledor(US)beveled)
