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Miter   /mˈaɪtər/   Listen
Miter

noun
1.
Joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner.  Synonyms: miter joint, mitre, mitre joint.
2.
The surface of a beveled end of a piece where a miter joint is made.  Synonym: mitre.
3.
A liturgical headdress worn by bishops on formal occasions.  Synonym: mitre.
verb
(past & past part. mitered or mitred; pres. part. mitering or mitring)
1.
Bevel the edges of, to make a miter joint.
2.
Confer a miter on (a bishop).
3.
Fit together in a miter joint.



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"Miter" Quotes from Famous Books



... from Bordeaux, was hastening northward to join the army. As far as Bergerac they were in a friendly land, but thence onward they rode over a blackened landscape with many a roofless house, its two bare gable-ends sticking upward—a "Knolles' miter" as it was afterward called when Sir Robert worked his stern will upon the country. For three days they rode northward, seeing many small parties of French in all directions, but too eager to reach the army to ease their march in ...
— Sir Nigel • Arthur Conan Doyle
... center of the crank-shaft is a large reversing friction clutch, which drives, through miter gear, a vertical shaft placed just in front of the post; from the latter the slewing, racking, and traveling ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 312, December 24, 1881 • Various
... the Cardinal Lord Archbishop of Rheims! In and out through the motley rout, That little Jackdaw kept hopping about: Here and there, like a dog in a fair, Over comfits and cates, and dishes and plates, Cowl and cope, and rochet and pall, Miter and crosier! he hopped upon all. With a saucy air, he perched on the chair Where, in state, the great Lord Cardinal sat, In the great Lord Cardinal's great red hat; And he peered in the face Of his Lordship's Grace, With a satisfied look, as if he would say, "We two are the greatest ...
— Standard Selections • Various


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