MITRES
Noun
mitres
plural of mitre
Anagrams
• Mister, ermits, merits, mister, miters, remits, smiter, timers, tremis
Source: Wiktionary
MITRE
Mi"ter, Mi"tre, n. Etym: [F. mitre, fr. L. mitra headband, turban,
Gr.
1. A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by 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.)
Definition: 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. See Miter, 2.
– Miter shell (Zoöl.), 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 45º, 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, v. 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. "Mitered locks."
Milton.
2. To match together, as two pieces of molding or brass rule on a
line bisecting the angle of junction; to bevel the ends or edges of,
for the purpose of matching together at an angle.
Mi"ter, Mi"tre, v. i.
Definition: To meet and match together, as two pieces of molding, on a line
bisecting the angle of junction.
Mi"tre, n. & v.
Definition: See Miter.
MITRE
Mi"ter, Mi"tre, n. Etym: [F. mitre, fr. L. mitra headband, turban,
Gr.
1. A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by 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.)
Definition: 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. See Miter, 2.
– Miter shell (Zoöl.), 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 45º, 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, v. 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. "Mitered locks."
Milton.
2. To match together, as two pieces of molding or brass rule on a
line bisecting the angle of junction; to bevel the ends or edges of,
for the purpose of matching together at an angle.
Mi"ter, Mi"tre, v. i.
Definition: To meet and match together, as two pieces of molding, on a line
bisecting the angle of junction.
Mi"tre, n. & v.
Definition: See Miter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition