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miter

[mahy-ter] / ˈmaɪ tər /






NOUN
timbre
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Its flower is mostly black and topped with horn-like appendages that rise from a dome-shaped "miter."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

By 08:30, archbishops and bishops will gather in the Constantine Wing, adjacent to the basilica, wearing liturgical clothes including simple white miter.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2025

Using your miter saw or miter box, cut your molding pieces with 45-degree angled edges, which allows them to fit together into the final box shape.

From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2023

A miter and crosier nestle in a back niche that echoes the Scuola degli Schiavoni’s own architecture.

From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2022

“For the miter saw. I brought a generator, too, so we can get power to these tools. Given any thought yet to electricity for your house?”

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio

And by 09:00, patriarchs and cardinals will congregate in Saint Sebastian Chapel, in the basilica, wearing white damask miters.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2025

To close the gaps between the molding miters and the wall, apply a thin line of paintable caulk.

From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2023

Once the strip is loose, you might find that it is still caught at the corners; molding is often cut slightly long so the pieces spring into place at the miters, ensuring a tight joint.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 5, 2020

They had to be able to see the altar, but needed to be positioned to the side so that their miters — the tall ceremonial hats — didn’t block the view for other congregants.

From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2015

After them came the allied troops, recognizable from the outlandish form of their headpieces, which looked like truncated miters, or were surmounted by crescents spitted on sharp points.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VIII (of X) - Continental Europe II. by Henry Cabot Lodge

The collection was then tucked away into FIDM’s archives until Frank’s colleague posted one of the blazers on Instagram, highlighting the garment’s mesh of “Victorian-style piecework and embroidery with precision mitered tailoring.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025

Panel doors are connected by “mortise-and-tenon or mitered joints, and mullions that run vertically between the rails.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2021

Begin a little way away from the mitered corner, not right at it.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 5, 2020

According to Father Greeley, it is being held together by mitered pinheads.

From Time Magazine Archive

All mitered cuts because, he announced, The Amazing Deck would be octagonal.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King

Fit these base pieces to place, mitering the joints.

From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 2 by H. H. (Henry Haven) Windsor

Run it in a straight line, on the wall against the ceiling wherever possible, mitering the joints neatly.

From Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine by Frederick Irving Anderson

The table is provided with a bevel slitting gauge s′, and cross cut or mitering gauge x′, Fig.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose

The rabbets are cut out with a rabbeting-plane before mitering and assembling.

From Handwork in Wood by William Noyes

Compositors' Tools and MaterialsBy A. A. Stewart A primer of information about composing sticks, galleys, leads, brass rules, cutting and mitering machines, etc.

From Paper-Cutting Machines A Primer of Information about Paper and Card Trimmers, Hand-Lever Cutters, Power Cutters and Other Automatic Machines for Cutting Paper (Typographic Technical Series Part 1, No. 10) by David Grayson




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