to miter
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8.0
- verb
- /ˈmaɪtər/
- Specialized
- When framing the artwork, be sure to miter the corners so they fit together perfectly.
- miter the corner
- miter a joint
- mitered molding
Examples
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Yeah, I can do mitered corners on crown mold, but I can also waste a lot of expensive millwork doing it.
Blog text (9) -
Ours are dry, every mitered joint painstakingly scraped clean.
Fiction book (2002) -
I'm proud of the chevron top because I mitered all the chevrons together.
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Every mitered corner must fit perfectly or the design will become skewed, especially when you factor the risers into the equation.
Blog text (16) -
But the percentage of reporters who could perform their work properly was no greater than the percentage of plumbers who were competent or the percentage of carpenters who could miter a doorframe perfectly every time.
Fiction book (1991) -
If you replace, be sure to do it the old-fashioned way (take pictures, use a profile gauge, and keep pieces to reproduce) with chunky moldings and very few mitered corners.
Blog text (3) -
In a later section discussing the mounting of a screen, Hulfish notes: "A neat and inexpensive finish is obtained by nailing to the wall a frame of wide picture molding, mitering the corners as though the screen were framed and hung upon the wall."
Academic text (2017) -
Having seen the ritual attitudes of Europeans toward royal and biblical images, Kalabari carved versions of these—complete with mitered frames—to accommodate the new ancestors.
Academic text (1996) -
The other pics are of door casing styles—modern casing with mitered corners is not appropriate and is harder to fit if the doorways aren't square.
Blog text (3) -
To create a seamless look for the cabinet, you need to miter the edges of the wood pieces at a 45-degree angle.
Compounds
- Specialized
1
7.5
A corner where two pieces of wood join with their ends cut at an angle
- Specialized
1
6.8
A tool that guides a saw to make cuts at exact angles in wood for picture frames
- Specialized
A pale mushroom with a saddle-shaped cap and a stalk with lines and small holes
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Etymology
To miter (verb) comes from making the angled cut used in a miter joint; it means cutting the ends so they meet like the points of a hat. So to miter something is to cut its end at an angle so the pieces fit together.