Definitions for mitered
mitered
mi·tered
Spelling: [mahy-terd]
IPA: /ˈmaɪ tərd/
Mitered is a 7 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.
You can make 170 anagrams from letters in mitered (deeimrt).
Definitions for mitered
noun
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the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
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the office or rank of a bishop; bishopric.
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Judaism. the official headdress of the ancient high priest, bearing on the front a gold plate engraved with the words Holiness to the Lord. Ex. 28:36–38.
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a fillet worn by women of ancient Greece.
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Carpentry. an oblique surface formed on a piece of wood or the like so as to butt against an oblique surface on another piece to be joined with it.
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Nautical. the inclined seam connecting the two cloths of an angulated sail.
adjective
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shaped like a bishop's miter or having a miter-shaped apex.
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wearing, or entitled or privileged to wear, a miter.
verb (used with object)
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to bestow a miter upon, or raise to a rank entitled to it.
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to join with a miter joint.
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to cut to a miter.
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to join (two edges of fabric) at a corner by various methods of folding, cutting, and stitching.
Origin of mitered
Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at miter, -ed3
Examples for mitered
The rails are not to be squared on the ends but are to be mitered each in turn.
This moulding should have mitered corners as shown in the bottom view.
"Black demons hovering o'er his mitered head," think you, gentle sonneteer of the daffodil-marsh?
The frame has mitered corners and the inside of the frame must be even with the inside of the rails.
The corners are mitered and the backs rabbeted to receive the panels.
Finish the corners of the binding with the square or mitered corner.
mitered joints are the only kind suitable for molded frames.
A stretcher joint is a slip joint in which one or both sides is mitered.
Fold over at right angles and mark along the line to be mitered.
Care should be taken to make the mitered joints a tight fit.