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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BEVILE

n.[See Bevel. ] In heraldry, a thing broken or opening, like a carpenter's bevel.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BEVILE

Bev "ile, n. Etym: [See Bevel. ] (Her. )

 

Defn: A chief broken or opening like a carpenter's bevel. Encyc. Brit.

 

BEVILED; BEVILLED

BEVILED; BEVILLED Bev "iled, Bev "illed, a. (Her. )

 

Defn: Notched with an angle like that inclosed by a carpenter's bevel; -- said of a partition line of a shield.