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
The archbishop’s miter, modeled after the one he wore at his installation, is immediately recognizable.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2023
Benedict’s body was dressed with a miter, the peaked headgear of a bishop, and a red cloak.
From Washington 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
O ye grownup children in the miters and chains of office.
From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Jeremiah Curtin
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
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.
Initials, colored, 60; spacing and mitering of, 59.
From The Booklover and His Books by Harry Lyman Koopman
Fit these base pieces to place, mitering the joints.
From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 2 by H. H. (Henry Haven) Windsor
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
