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Webster 1913 Edition
Mitre
{
, Mi′ter
,Mi′tre
}Noun.
[F.
mitre
, fr. L. mitra
headband, turban, Gr. [GREEK].] 1.
A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by bishops and other church dignitaries. It has been made in many forms, the present form being a lofty cap with two points or peaks.
Fairholt.
2.
The surface forming the beveled end or edge of a piece where a miter joint is made; also, a joint formed or a junction effected by two beveled ends or edges; a miter joint.
3.
(Numis.)
A sort of base money or coin.
Miter box
(Carp. & Print.)
, an apparatus for guiding a handsaw at the proper angle in making a miter joint; esp., a wooden or metal trough with vertical kerfs in its upright sides, for guides.
– Miter dovetail
(Carp.)
, a kind of dovetail for a miter joint in which there is only one joint line visible, and that at the angle.
– Miter gauge
(Carp.)
, a gauge for determining the angle of a miter.
– Miter joint
, a joint formed by pieces matched and united upon a line bisecting the angle of junction, as by the beveled ends of two pieces of molding or brass rule, etc. The term is used especially when the pieces form a right angle, such as the edges of a window frame, and the edge of each piece at the point of junction is cut at a 45° angle to its long direction. See
– Miter
, 2. Miter shell
(Zool.)
, any one of numerous species of marine univalve shells of the genus
– Mitra
. Miter square
(Carp.)
, a bevel with an immovable arm at an angle of 45°, for striking lines on stuff to be mitered; also, a square with an arm adjustable to any angle.
– Miter wheels
, a pair of bevel gears, of equal diameter, adapted for working together, usually with their axes at right angles.
{
, Mi′ter
,Mi′tre
}Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Mitered
or Mitred
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Mitering
or Mitring
.] 1.
To place a miter upon; to adorn with a miter.
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“Mitered locks.” Milton.
2.
To match together, as two pieces of molding or brass rule on a line bisecting the angle of junction; to fit together in a miter joint.
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3.
To bevel the ends or edges of, for the purpose of matching together at an angle.
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{
, Mi′ter
,Mi′tre
}Verb.
I.
To meet and match together, as two pieces of molding, on a line bisecting the angle of junction.