MITRE
\mˈa͡ɪtə], \mˈaɪtə], \m_ˈaɪ_t_ə]\
Definitions of MITRE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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.
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A sort of base money or coin.
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To place a miter upon; to adorn with a miter.
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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.
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To meet and match together, as two pieces of molding, on a line bisecting the angle of junction.
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See Miter.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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A sort of base money or coin.
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To place a miter upon; to adorn with a miter.
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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.
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To meet and match together, as two pieces of molding, on a line bisecting the angle of junction.
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See Miter.
By Noah Webster.
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A head-dress or crown of archbishops and bishops, and sometimes of abbots: fig. episcopal dignity: (arch.) a junction of two pieces, as of moulding, at an angle of 45°.
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To adorn with a mitre: to unite at an angle of 45°.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin, Greek] An ornamental cap cleft at the top, worn by bishops, cardinals, &c; hence, the dignity of a bishop, abbot, &c; -the joint formed by the ends of two pieces, as of moulding, each cut off at an angle of 45Ëš, and matching together so as to form a right angle.
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