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’s the sort who stops to admire an original newel post or a carpenter’s miter work from 200 years ago.
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2021
“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
The far-off world, at last, Breathes free; the hand that shook its thrones, And to the earth its miters cast, Lies powerless now beneath these stones.
From McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey
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
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 mitering of lace or embroidery is often necessary in making collars and in finishing corners.
From Textiles and Clothing by Kate Heintz Watson
A ledge and miter or lipped miter joint is made by rabbeting and mitering the boards to be joined so that the outer portion of the two boards meet in a miter.
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.
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
