miter
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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
Budget note: If you don’t own a brad nailer or miter saw, many hardware stores have rental departments that allow you to borrow tools and supplies for a flat fee.
From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2023
He was clad in a miter, red vestments and simple black shoes, but not the silver staff with crucifix or pallium, the vestment symbolizing papal authority.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2023
He holds his miter on his lap, exposing a head of fine silvery hair.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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
After a service of nearly three hours, the solemn congregation burst into applause as the resplendently robed and mitered clergymen were declared to be bishops.
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
Initials, colored, 60; spacing and mitering of, 59.
From The Booklover and His Books by Harry Lyman Koopman
The mitering of lace or embroidery is often necessary in making collars and in finishing corners.
From Textiles and Clothing by Kate Heintz Watson
Beveling and Mitering.—There is a difference in the terms "beveling" and "mitering," as used in the art.
From Carpentry for Boys In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original Illustrations by James Slough Zerbe
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
Fit these base pieces to place, mitering the joints.
From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 2 by H. H. (Henry Haven) Windsor
