Spirit level. See Level. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Beveled (&unr_;) or Bevelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Beveling or Bevelling. ] To cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ C. F. biveau, earlier buveau, Sp. baivel; of unknown origin. Cf. Bevile. ] 1. Any angle other than a right angle; the angle which one surface makes with another when they are not at right angles; the slant or inclination of such surface; as, to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab; the bevel of a piece of timber. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; -- called also a bevel square. Gwilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having the slant of a bevel; slanting. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: Morally distorted; not upright. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I may be straight, though they themselves be bevel. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A bevel angle, any angle other than one of 90°. --
Bevel wheel, a cogwheel whose working face is oblique to the axis. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To deviate or incline from an angle of 90°, as a surface; to slant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their houses are very ill built, the walls bevel. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Mech.) A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes, and have their teeth cut at right angles to the surfaces of two cones whose apices coincide with the point where the axes of the wheels would meet. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. 1. Formed to a bevel angle; sloping; as, the beveled edge of a table. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Min.) Replaced by two planes inclining equally upon the adjacent planes, as an edge; having its edges replaced by sloping planes, as a cube or other solid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., head of hair. ] A hairlike envelope. [ 1913 Webster ]

The nucleus and chevelure of nebulous star. Sir. W. Hershel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The European swift. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Developed p. pr. & vb. n. Developing. ] [ F. déveloper; dé- (L. dis-) + OF. voluper, voleper, to envelop, perh. from L. volup agreeably, delightfully, and hence orig., to make agreeable or comfortable by enveloping, to keep snug (cf. Voluptuous); or. perh. fr. a derivative of volvere, volutum, to roll (cf. Devolve). Cf. Envelop. ] [ Written also develope. ] 1. To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or give forth; as, to develop theories; a motor that develops 100 horse power. [ 1913 Webster ]

These serve to develop its tenets. Milner. [ 1913 Webster ]

The 20th was spent in strengthening our position and developing the line of the enemy. The Century. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To unfold gradually, as a flower from a bud; hence, to bring through a succession of states or stages, each of which is preparatory to the next; to form or expand by a process of growth; to cause to change gradually from an embryo, or a lower state, to a higher state or form of being; as, sunshine and rain develop the bud into a flower; to develop the mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sound developed itself into a real compound. J. Peile. [ 1913 Webster ]

All insects . . . acquire the jointed legs before the wings are fully developed. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To advance; to further; to prefect; to make to increase; to promote the growth of. [ 1913 Webster ]

We must develop our own resources to the utmost. Jowett (Thucyd). [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Math.) To change the form of, as of an algebraic expression, by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Photog.) To cause to become visible, as an invisible or latent image upon plate, by submitting it to chemical agents; to bring to view. [ 1913 Webster ]

To develop a curved surface on a plane (Geom.), to produce on the plane an equivalent surface, as if by rolling the curved surface so that all parts shall successively touch the plane.

Syn. -- To uncover; unfold; evolve; promote; project; lay open; disclose; exhibit; unravel; disentangle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To go through a process of natural evolution or growth, by successive changes from a less perfect to a more perfect or more highly organized state; to advance from a simpler form of existence to one more complex either in structure or function; as, a blossom develops from a bud; the seed develops into a plant; the embryo develops into a well-formed animal; the mind develops year by year. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor poets enough to understand
That life develops from within. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To become apparent gradually; as, a picture on sensitive paper develops on the application of heat; the plans of the conspirators develop. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being developed. J. Peile. [ 1913 Webster ]

Developable surface (Math.), a surface described by a moving right line, and such that consecutive positions of the generator intersect each other. Hence, the surface can be developed into a plane. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful; as, the developed qualities of the Hellenic outlook; the state's well-developed industries. Oppositre of undeveloped. [ Narrower terms: formulated; mature ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. made more useful and profitable as by building or laying out roads; -- of real estate. new houses are springing up on the developed tract of land near the river
Syn. -- improved. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, develops. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Photog.) A chemical bath or reagent used in developing photographs. By the action of the developer, the latent image on a photographic plate or film, not perceptible to the eye after exposure in the camera, is developed and becomes visible. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

3. (Dyeing) A reagent used to produce an ingrain color by its action upon some substance on the fiber. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. a corporation or individual who finances or organizes a real estate development{ 5 }. [ PJC ]

adj. 1. not industrialized but undergoing industrialization; -- sometimes used as a euphemism for "undeveloped"; -- of nations.
Syn. -- underdeveloped. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. [ pr. p. of develop (WN definition 5) ] becoming or arising; as, the rushing yellow of the developing day. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the process of treating a photosensitive material with chemicals in order to make a latent image visible.
Syn. -- development. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ Cf. F. développement. ] [ Written also developement. ] 1. The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing, or a developed state. [ 1913 Webster ]

A new development of imagination, taste, and poetry. Channing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Math.) (a) The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another of equivalent value or meaning. (b) The equivalent expression into which another has been developed. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mus.) The elaboration of a theme or subject; the unfolding of a musical idea; the evolution of a whole piece or movement from a leading theme or motive. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A tract of land on which a number of buildings have been constructed; -- especially used for tract on which from two to hundreds of houses have been constructed by a commercial developer{ 4 } for sale to individuals. [ PJC ]

Development theory (Biol.), the doctrine that animals and plants possess the power of passing by slow and successive stages from a lower to a higher state of organization, and that all the higher forms of life now in existence were thus developed by uniform laws from lower forms, and are not the result of special creative acts. See the Note under Darwinian.

Syn. -- Unfolding; disclosure; unraveling; evolution; elaboration; growth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the process of development; as, the developmental power of a germ. Carpenter. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Disheveled. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disheveled r Dishevelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Disheveling or Dishevelling. ] [ OF. descheveler, F. décheveler, LL. discapillare; dis- + L. capillus the hair of the head. See Capillary. ] 1. To suffer (the hair) to hang loosely or disorderly; to spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; -- used chiefly in the passive participle. [ 1913 Webster ]

With garments rent and hair disheveled,
Wringing her hands and making piteous moan. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To spread loosely or disorderly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like the fair flower disheveled in the wind. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be spread in disorder or hang negligently, as the hair. [ R. ] Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. & a. Disheveled. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Dishevele, save his cap, he rode all bare. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. ; .
Syn. -- disheveled, ungroomed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Hanging in loose disorder; disarranged; in disarray; not made neat; -- used especially of hair or clothing; as, disheveled hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having the hair in loose disorder. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dancing maidens are disheveled Mænads. J. A. Symonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Surv.) A level having a short telescope (hence its name) rigidly fixed to a table capable only of rotatory movement in a horizontal plane. The telescope is usually an inverting one. It is sometimes called the
Troughton level, from the name of the inventor, and a variety improved by one Gavatt is known as the
Gavatt level. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. 1. very complex or intricate; -- used especially of technology.
Syn. -- advanced. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. having most of its industrial production in the most modern state; -- used of countries and societies. Contrasted with undeveloped or developing.
Syn. -- industrialized, advanced, industrial. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ Prov. E. kevil, cavel, rod, pole, a large hammer, horse's bit; cf. Icel. kefli cylinder, a stick, mangle, and Dan. kievle a roller. ] 1. (Naut.) A strong cleat to which large ropes are belayed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A stone mason's hammer. [ Written also cavil. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Kevel head (Naut.), a projecting end of a timber, used as a kevel.

{ , n. (Zool.) The gazelle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. level, livel, OF. livel, F. niveau, fr. L. libella level, water level, a plumb level, dim. of libra pound, measure for liquids, balance, water poise, level. Cf. Librate, Libella. ] 1. A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel to the surface of still water; -- this is the true level, and is a curve or surface in which all points are equally distant from the center of the earth, or rather would be so if the earth were an exact sphere. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A horizontal line or plane; that is, a straight line or a plane which is tangent to a true level at a given point and hence parallel to the horizon at that point; -- this is the apparent level at the given point. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An approximately horizontal line or surface at a certain degree of altitude, or distance from the center of the earth; as, to climb from the level of the coast to the level of the plateau and then descend to the level of the valley or of the sea. [ 1913 Webster ]

After draining of the level in Northamptonshire. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shot from the deadly level of a gun. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Hence, figuratively, a certain position, rank, standard, degree, quality, character, etc., conceived of as in one of several planes of different elevation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Providence, for the most part, sets us on a level. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Somebody there of his own level. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

Be the fair level of thy actions laid
As temperance wills and prudence may persuade. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A uniform or average height; a normal plane or altitude; a condition conformable to natural law or which will secure a level surface; as, moving fluids seek a level. [ 1913 Webster ]

When merit shall find its level. F. W. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Mech. & Surv.) (a) An instrument by which to find a horizontal line, or adjust something with reference to a horizontal line. (b) A measurement of the difference of altitude of two points, by means of a level; as, to take a level. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Air level,
a spirit level. See Spirit level (below). --
Box level, a spirit level in which a glass-covered box is used instead of a tube. --
Carpenter's level,
Mason's level, either the plumb level or a straight bar of wood, in which is imbedded a small spirit level. --
Level of the sea, the imaginary level from which heights and depths are calculated, taken at a mean distance between high and low water. --
Line of levels, a connected series of measurements, by means of a level, along a given line, as of a railroad, to ascertain the profile of the ground. --
Plumb level, one in which a horizontal bar is placed in true position by means of a plumb line, to which it is at right angles. --
Spirit level, one in which the adjustment to the horizon is shown by the position of a bubble in alcohol or ether contained in a nearly horizontal glass tube, or a circular box with a glass cover. --
Surveyor's level, a telescope, with a spirit level attached, and with suitable screws, etc., for accurate adjustment, the whole mounted on a tripod, for use in leveling; -- called also leveling instrument. --
Water level, an instrument to show the level by means of the surface of water in a trough, or in upright tubes connected by a pipe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Even; flat; having no part higher than another; having, or conforming to, the curvature which belongs to the undisturbed liquid parts of the earth's surface; as, a level field; level ground; the level surface of a pond or lake. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ample spaces o'er the smooth
And level pavement. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Coinciding or parallel with the plane of the horizon; horizontal; as, the telescope is now level. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Even with anything else; of the same height; on the same line or plane; on the same footing; of equal importance; -- followed by with, sometimes by to. [ 1913 Webster ]

Young boys and girls
Are level now with men; the odds is gone. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Everything lies level to our wish. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Straightforward; direct; clear; open. [ 1913 Webster ]

A very plain and level account. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial; as, a level head; a level understanding. [ Colloq. ] “ A level consideration.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Phonetics) Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection. H. Sweet. [ 1913 Webster ]

Level line (Shipbuilding), the outline of a section which is horizontal crosswise, and parallel with the rabbet of the keel lengthwise. --
Level surface (Physics), an equipotential surface at right angles at every point to the lines of force. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Leveled r Levelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Leveling or Levelling. ] 1. To make level; to make horizontal; to bring to the condition of a level line or surface; hence, to make flat or even; as, to level a road, a walk, or a garden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bring to a lower level; to overthrow; to topple down; to reduce to a flat surface; to lower. [ 1913 Webster ]

And their proud structures level with the ground. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

He levels mountains and he raises plains. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To bring to a horizontal position, as a gun; hence, to point in taking aim; to aim; to direct. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bertram de Gordon, standing on the castle wall, leveled a quarrel out of a crossbow. Stow. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Figuratively, to bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.; as, to level all the ranks and conditions of men. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To adjust or adapt to a certain level; as, to level remarks to the capacity of children. [ 1913 Webster ]

For all his mind on honor fixed is,
To which he levels all his purposes. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To be level; to be on a level with, or on an equality with, something; hence, to accord; to agree; to suit. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

With such accommodation and besort
As levels with her breeding. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To aim a gun, spear, etc., horizontally; hence, to aim or point a weapon in direct line with the mark; fig., to direct the eye, mind, or effort, directly to an object; as, he leveled a gun at the bandit and fired. [ 1913 Webster ]

The foeman may with as great aim level at the edge of a penknife. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The glory of God and the good of his church . . . ought to be the mark whereat we also level. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

She leveled at our purposes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also leveller. ] 1. One who, or that which, levels. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who would remove social inequalities or distinctions; a socialist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. exercising or showing good judgment or common sense; sensible.
Syn. -- healthy, intelligent, sound. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

-- lev"el*head"ed*ly, adv. -- lev"el*head"ed*ness, n. [ PJC ]

n. [ Written also levelling. ] 1. The act or operation of making level. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Surveying) The art or operation of using a leveling instrument for finding a horizontal line, for ascertaining the differences of level between different points of the earth's surface included in a survey, for establishing grades, etc., as in finding the descent of a river, or locating a line of railroad. [ 1913 Webster ]

Leveling instrument. See Surveyor's level, under Level, n. --
Leveling staff, a graduated rod or staff used in connection with a leveling instrument for measuring differences of level between points. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The disposition or endeavor to level all distinctions of rank in society. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an even or level manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being level. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. weak; not intense; as, low-level radiation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. lower in rank or importance. [ Narrower terms: adjunct, assistant; associate(prenominal) ; buck ; deputy(prenominal), proxy(prenominal) ; subject, dependent ; subservient ] [ Narrower terms: under(prenominal) ; ruled ; secondary ] Also See inferior, subordinate. Antonym: dominant.
Syn. -- subordinate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. at a low level in rank or importance; as, a low-level job; low-level discussions. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. occurring at a relatively low altitude; as, a low-level strafing run; low-level bombing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. intermediate in rank or position; as, middle-level management. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Failure or lack of development. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. (Botany) Developing away from an axis, as in a flower cluster in which the oldest flowers are in the center, the youngest near the edge. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To develop excessively; specif. (Photog.), to subject (a plate or film) too long to the developing process. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. & i. 1. To develop again; specif. (Photog.), to intensify (a developed image), as by bleaching with mercuric chloride and subsequently subjecting anew to a developing agent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. to rebuild an urban area, usually commercial but sometimes residential; -- typically involving some portion of government involvement and expenditure. [ PJC ]

-- Re`de*vel"op*er n. -- Re`de*vel"op*ment n. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. the rebuilding of an urban area, usually a commercial district but sometimes residential or industrial, and typically involving some portion of government involvement and expenditure; to organize a municipal redevelopment agency. [ PJC ]

n. [ OF. revel rebellion, disorder, feast, sport. See Revel, v. i. ] A feast with loose and noisy jollity; riotous festivity or merrymaking; a carousal. [ 1913 Webster ]

This day in mirth and revel to dispend. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some men ruin . . . their bodies by incessant revels. Rambler. [ 1913 Webster ]

Master of the revels,
Revel master. Same as Lord of misrule, under Lord. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) See Reveal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Reveled r Revelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Reveling or Revelling. ] [ OF. reveler to revolt, rebel, make merry, fr. L. rebellare. See Rebel. ] 1. To feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To move playfully; to indulge without restraint. “Where joy most revels.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. revellere; re- + vellere to pluck, pull. ] To draw back; to retract. [ Obs. ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. revelatus, p. p. of revelare to reveal. ] To reveal. [ Obs. ] Frith. Barnes. [ 1913 Webster ]