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Mitered

Miter \Mi"ter\, Mitre \Mi"tre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Miteredor Mitred; p. pr. & vb. n. Miteringor Mitring.]

  1. To place a miter upon; to adorn with a miter. [WordNet sense 2] ``Mitered locks.''
    --Milton.

  2. To match together, as two pieces of molding or brass rule on a line bisecting the angle of junction; to fit together in a miter joint. [WordNet sense 3]

  3. To bevel the ends or edges of, for the purpose of matching together at an angle. [WordNet sense 1]

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mitered

vb. (en-past of: miter)

Usage examples of "mitered".

Florid carvings in stone covered expansive panels under the complex bands of dentil moldings that ran in mitered bands over the tops of the capitals.

Gold brocade ornamented Dyfrig’s vestments and the high, mitered hat that made him appear taller and more slender than I knew he must be.

I stood in the shadow of the prickly greenish-black mass of a mitered bishop and felt safe from being sighted at the house.

But the weapon was massive, he had to admit, with a boxcar-sized barrel that had a kind of mitered muzzle.