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Mitre   /mˈɪtri/  /mˈaɪtər/   Listen
Mitre

noun
1.
Joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner.  Synonyms: miter, miter joint, mitre joint.
2.
The surface of a beveled end of a piece where a miter joint is made.  Synonym: miter.
3.
A liturgical headdress worn by bishops on formal occasions.  Synonym: miter.



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"Mitre" Quotes from Famous Books



... above is a red fringe ornament which is probably a rational. The purple dalmatic with scarlet border is very conspicuous under his chasuble; the under-vestments are less distinct, but the ends of the stole show over a very dark garment, which is, perhaps, a tunicle. The mitre is of very early shape. The archiepiscopal figure below wears a similar mitre, a pall over a light green chasuble; underneath a pink dalmatic and a purple show at the arms, as well ...
— St. Gregory and the Gregorian Music • E. G. P. Wyatt

... Without or crown or brim, which hardly screens The empty noddle from the fist of scorn, Much less repels the critic's thund'ring arm. And here and there intoxication too Concludes the race. Who wins the hat, gets drunk. Who wins a laurel, mitre, cap, or crown, Is drunk as he. So Alexander fell, So ...
— Highways & Byways in Sussex • E.V. Lucas

... are the worst in the world, but seldom has a ride been more delightful. The three hosts pointed out the colleges as they passed, until they came, far too soon, to the Mitre, where they were ...
— The Slowcoach • E. V. Lucas

... of five hundred bishops. [32] He embraced with tears his long-lost and repentant children; accepted the oath of the ambassadors, who abjured the schism in the name of the two emperors; adorned the prelates with the ring and mitre; chanted in Greek and Latin the Nicene creed with the addition of filioque; and rejoiced in the union of the East and West, which had been reserved for his reign. To consummate this pious work, the Byzantine deputies were speedily followed by the pope's nuncios; and their instruction ...
— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 6 • Edward Gibbon

... whole apparatus is thus cooled and continually flooded. The agitator consists of cast-iron arms keyed to a vertical shaft, with fixed arms or dash-plates secured to the sides of the cylinder. The shaft has a mitre wheel keyed on the top, which works into a corresponding wheel on the horizontal shafting running along the top of the converters. This latter is secured to a clutch; and there is a feather on the shaft, so that any one of the converters can if necessary be put either in or out of gear. This ...
— Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise • P. Gerald Sanford


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