beustite

[In Ger. beustit. Named after Freiherr von Beust.] A mineral, called also Epidote (q.v.). *bě-văp'-id, pa. par. form of BEWHAPED (q.v.) [See def.] An old "For thai buth negh be -vapid." Sir Ferumbras (ed. Herrtage), 8,087. *be-var, be-vir, * be-vis, s. [Of doubtful origin and meaning; perhaps connected with L. Ger. bevern to tremble, shake (N.E.D.).] One who is worn out with age. "The bevar hoir said to this berly berne." Henrys one: Bannatyne Poems , p. 133. (Jamie son.) běv-el, † běv'-il, s. & a. [Fr. biveau , buveau , O. Fr. beveau, beauveau ; Sp. bayvel , baivel .] A. As substantive: I. Lit. & Tech. (in Masonry, Joinery, .). 1. An obtuse or an acute angle; any angle except one of 90°. "The brethren of the mystic level, May hing their head in woefu beret . Barns : Tam Samson's Elegy. 2. An instrument for setting off any angle or bevel from a straight line or surface, much used by artificers of all descriptions for adjusting the abutting surfaces of work to the same inclination. It is composed of two jointed arms, one of which is brought up square against the line or surface from which the angle is to be set off, and the other then adjusted to the desired bevel or inclination. (Knight.) [BEVEL-SQUARE.] 3. Stereotyping: A slug cast nearly type high, and with chamfered edges. 4. The obliquity of the edge of a saw-tooth acro the face of the blade. II. Fig .: A violent push with the elbow; a stroke. ( Scotch .) "With that Truth took him by the neck, And gave him their, as some suppone, Three bevels till he gard him beck." Pennecuik. (Jamie son.) IMG:content-1288.png:[blocks in formation] Among masons: The edge of a sharp tool sloping towards the point. (Jamie son.) bevel-gearing, s. Gear: Cogged wheels whose axes form an angle with each other, the faces of the cogs being oblique with their shafts, the sum of the angles of the teeth with their respective shafts being equal to 90°. bevel plumb-rule, s. Engineering: A surveyor's instrument for adjusting the slope of embankments.