Mitre

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A sort of base money or coin.

II. Mitre ·vt To place a miter upon; to adorn with a miter.

III. Mitre ·noun & ·v ·see Miter.

IV. Mitre ·vi To meet and match together, as two pieces of molding, on a line bisecting the angle of junction.

V. Mitre ·noun A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries. It has been made in many forms, the present form being a lofty cap with two points or peaks.

VI. Mitre ·noun 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.

VII. Mitre ·vt 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.

Related Words