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miter

[mahy-ter] / ˈmaɪ tər /






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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

Lyttle fired up internet tutorials, purchased a miter saw and started updating her hallway’s trim.

From Seattle Times Aug. 25, 2022

The curvy, glossy emerald green cabinet, which Preciado built and painted at Jose Auto Body Shop in Boyle Heights to mimic the look and feel of a lowrider, was modeled after a pope’s miter.

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 2022

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

But supposing the Pope kept all his promises and put as many miters on my head as Michelangelo's Jonah sees beneath him in the Sistine Chapel, what would this profit me?

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

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

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 Grayson, David

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

From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William

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 Rose, Joshua

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 Zerbe, James Slough

The mitering of lace or embroidery is often necessary in making collars and in finishing corners.

From Textiles and Clothing by Watson, Kate Heintz




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