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mitre1 or (N American) miter /mīˈtər/ noun- A high, pointed headdress, cleft crosswise on top and with two ribbons hanging from the back, worn by archbishops and bishops, and by some abbots in the Western Church
- Episcopal office or status (figurative)
- Esp in ancient Greece, a woman's headband
- A belt or girdle (Pope, following Homer)
- An oriental hat or turban (obsolete)
- A gastropod of the genus Mitra or its conical shell (mitre shell)
transitive verb To adorn with a mitre ORIGIN: Fr, from Gr mitrā fillet mīˈtral adjective - Of or like a mitre
- Of the mitral valve
mitˈriform /mītˈ or mitˈ/ adjective Mitre-shaped mitral valve noun A mitre-shaped valve of the heart miˈtre-wort noun Bishop's cap mitre2 or (N American) miter /mīˈtər/ noun- A joint (also miˈtre-joint) in which each piece is cut at an angle of 45º to its side, giving a right angle between the pieces
- Sometimes applied to any joint where the plane of junction bisects the angle
- An angle of 45º
- A gusset, a tapered insertion (needlework)
transitive verb- To join with a mitre
- To turn a corner in, by cutting out a triangular piece and joining (needlework)
intransitive verb To meet in a mitre ORIGIN: Prob same as mitre1 mitre box noun A box with narrow slots to guide a saw when cutting a mitre mitre fold noun (in origami) a fold in which two corners are turned down at equal angles to meet each other in the centre mitre wheel noun A bevel-wheel having its face inclined 45º to its axis |