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mitred


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Miter  \Mi"ter\,  Mitre  \Mi"tre\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Mitered}or 
  {Mitred};  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Mitering}or  {Mitring}.] 
  1.  To  place  a  miter  upon  to  adorn  with  a  miter.  ``Mitered 
  locks.''  --Milton. 
 
  2.  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.