Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Mitring"
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.
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