| BEVEL | • bevel n. An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90-degree angle; a chamfer. • bevel n. An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle… • bevel n. (Gambling) A die used for cheating, having some sides slightly rounded instead of flat. |
| CAVEL | • cavel n. (Obsolete) A gag. • cavel n. (Dialectal) A horse’s bit. • cavel n. Alternative form of kevel (“stonemason’s hammer”). |
| DEVEL | • devel n. (Scotland) Alternative spelling of devvel. • devel v. (Scotland) Alternative spelling of devvel. • DEVEL v. (Scots) to hit hard with a club. |
| FAVEL | • favel n. (Obsolete) flattery; cajolery; deceit(Can we add an example for this sense?). • favel adj. Yellow or dun in colour. • favel n. A horse of a favel or dun colour. |
| GAVEL | • gavel n. (Historical) Rent. • gavel n. (Obsolete) Usury; interest on money. • gavel n. (Historical) An old Saxon and Welsh form of tenure by which an estate passed, on the holder’s death… |
| HOVEL | • hovel n. An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather. • hovel n. A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut. • hovel n. In the manufacture of porcelain, a large, conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped. |
| JAVEL | • javel n. (Obsolete) A vagabond. • JAVEL n. (Spenser) a worthless fellow. |
| KEVEL | • kevel n. (Nautical) A strong cleat to which large ropes are belayed. • kevel n. A stonemason’s hammer. • kevel n. Alternative form of cavel (“gag”). |
| LEVEL | • level adj. The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground. • level adj. At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with. • level adj. Unvaried in frequency. |
| NAVEL | • navel n. (Anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached… • navel n. The central part or point of anything; the middle. • navel n. A navel orange. |
| NEVEL | • Nevel prop.n. A surname. • NEVEL v. (Scots) to pound with the fists, also KNEVELL. |
| NOVEL | • novel adj. Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin; new. • novel adj. Original, especially in an interesting way; new and striking; not of the typical or ordinary type. • novel n. A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella. |
| RAVEL | • ravel v. (Transitive). • ravel v. (Intransitive). • ravel n. (Chiefly literary or Scotland). |
| REVEL | • revel n. An instance of merrymaking; a celebration. • revel n. A kind of dance. • revel n. A wake for the dead. |
| RIVEL | • rivel v. (Intransitive) To shrivel, wrinkle (up). • rivel v. (Transitive) To cause to be wrinkled, to shrivel. • rivel n. (Obsolete) A wrinkle; a rimple. |