Bev"ile (&?;), n. [See Bevel.] (Her.) A chief broken or opening like a carpenter's bevel. Encyc. Brit.
{ Bev"iled, Bev"illed } (&?;), a. (Her.) Notched with an angle like that inclosed by a carpenter's bevel; -- said of a partition line of a shield.
Bev"y (&?;), n.; pl. Bevies (&?;). [Perhaps orig. a drinking company, fr. OF. bevée (cf. It. beva) a drink, beverage; then, perh., a company in general, esp. of ladies; and last applied by sportsmen to larks, quails, etc. See Beverage.] 1. A company; an assembly or collection of persons, especially of ladies.
What a bevy of beaten slaves have we here !
Beau. & Fl.