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Example sentences for "miter"

Lexicographically close words:
misusing; miswritten; mit; mitad; mite; mitered; mites; mitey; mith; mither
  1. To place a miter upon; to adorn with a miter.

  2. 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.

  3. A large miter gear will not mesh with a small miter gear nor with another bevel gear in the proper manner.

  4. Miter gears are two bevel gears of the same diameter which run together.

  5. Miter and bevel gears cannot be interchanged with other sets like spur gears.

  6. The Archbishop was in grand costume, with his miter on his head and his cross in his hand.

  7. Yes, he had been there, and had smeared the sacred walls with pictures of hogs in all attitudes except flattering ones; hogs clothed in a Bishop's vestments and wearing a Bishop's miter irreverently cocked on the side of their heads.

  8. To miter a corner, turn and crease a quarter-inch fold on both sides.

  9. Miter all corners of hems that are more than one-fourth of an inch in width.

  10. Their insignia of office, the miter and crosier, are familiar to every one.

  11. Illustration: The Costume of a Bishop, showing Miter and Crosier.

  12. Churchmen bred upon the Riviera wore the miter in the March; natives of the Spoletano taught in the schools of Bologna and Pavia.

  13. Following in the same way the miter of the architrave, they disappeared though a door in the back wall of the office.

  14. It was the archbishop's miter and the constable's sword.

  15. Then was seen on the altar a miter glittering with precious stones, and a large sword ornamented with fleur-de-lis.

  16. The Duc d'Anjou raised his head, and with a firmer step than might have been expected, walked to the altar, took the miter in the left hand and the sword in the right, presented one to the cardinal and the other to the duke.

  17. The miter box should be fastened firmly to a low table or box.

  18. Sawing off is not difficult if soft lumber is used, and it becomes very simple by the help of the miter box.

  19. This is the miter of thy grandfather, the holy Amenhotep," answered Herhor, in a low voice.

  20. My holy grandfather," replied the pharaoh, "was father of the queen, and in the way of favor he received the right to adorn his miter with the ureus.

  21. Then Herhor took from his head the miter adorned with the ureus, and gave it to the high priest Mefres.

  22. When the chief entered the temple court he was astonished to see Herhor in the miter of Amenhotep, and surrounded only by priests come out to meet him.

  23. Today he dared to put on the miter of the holy Amenhotep.

  24. Then the high priest Mefres gave Herhor the miter of Amenhotep and the young pharaoh for the second time beheld on the head of the high priest the golden serpent, the symbol of regal authority.

  25. In the art classes the girls are trained to draw straight lines and square corners, to miter corners, to fold on a line, to make good letters and figures, and to appreciate good proportions and balance.

  26. A ledge and miter or lipped miter joint, Fig.

  27. Where appearance is important, a ledge and miter joint has the advantage of both, Fig.

  28. Gluing and fastening a miter joint with a spline.

  29. Miter Hill's players were in poor physical condition and, since the afternoon was warm and close, made a poor showing.

  30. He did very well, there, although Miter Hill was too weak in all departments of the game to afford any of her opponents a fair test.

  31. On Monday there was a fine shake-up, for the Miter Hill game, if it had not held any thrills, had at least shown up many faults, individual and otherwise.

  32. Larchville Academy followed Miter Hill on Brimfield's schedule and administered the first defeat of the season to the Maroon-and-Grey.

  33. Miter Hill was forever getting hurt, it seemed, and the audience which had braved a remorseless sun and a horde of blood-thirsty midges soon began to grumble.

  34. In other words, it is the line of an octagon miter, and therefore, we say that for an octagon miter we take 12 on the blade and 5 on the tongue.

  35. If we complete the figure by erecting a perpendicular line from the point X, and intersecting it with a horizontal line from G, thus establishing the point O, it becomes very evident that CE is the miter line of a square.

  36. An allowance of 6 inches is made at the top end to joint to the straight rail, and two inches at the bottom end to form the miter into the newel cap.

  37. The figures giving cuts of sheathing in valley or hip also give cuts for mitering level planceer with gable planceer, also the miter cuts where two gable planceers intersect, also the cut for planceer on gable end.

  38. Thus, by a combination of miter and helmet the church, first in Italy and then throughout the world, shall become not alone the spiritual but the temporal head of government.

  39. To make sure that the ends were all cut to the same angle, we made a carpenter's "miter box.

  40. Ghullam removed his miter and his false beard, tossing them aside on a table, then undid his sash and peeled out of his robe.

  41. One of the regular priests pulled off his miter and beard and went to the radio, putting on a headset.

  42. He was having a little trouble distinguishing between them, for every man wore the fringed blue robe and golden miter of an upper-priest, and had his face masked behind a blue false beard.

  43. To the Miter taverne in Wood-streete (a house of the greatest note in London,) where I met W.

  44. Leakage through the space between the gate and the miter sill on the floor of the lock is prevented by a seal which consists of heavy timbers with flaps of rubber 4 inches wide and half an inch thick.

  45. The arrangement at Gatun is typical; there 4 fender chains must be operated, 6 pairs of miter gates, and 46 valves.

  46. If both are of the same diameter, they are called bevel gears; if of different diameters, miter gears.

  47. The manufacturer will know what you mean if you use the proper terms, and you should learn the distinctions between spur and pinion, and why a bevel differs from a miter gear.

  48. This is a simple manner of transmitting motion from one shaft to another, when the shafts are at right angles, or nearly so, without using bevel or miter gears.

  49. Now repeat the process on the long-grain side of the panel, and one miter is in a good way for being finished.

  50. The miter of the archbishop has not been deemed more sacred from scrutiny than the crown of the monarch.


  51. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "miter" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    ankle; articulate; articulation; bolt; boundary; buckle; butt; button; cervix; clasp; clinch; clip; closure; connection; coupling; crook; crosier; dovetail; elbow; embrace; garment; hasp; hinge; hip; hitch; hook; interface; jam; joining; joint; juncture; keys; knee; knuckle; latch; link; lock; miter; mortise; nail; neck; peg; pin; pivot; rabbet; ring; rivet; scarf; screw; seam; sew; shoulder; skewer; snap; staple; stick; stitch; suture; tack; tiara; toggle; union; wedge; weld; wrist; zipper