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mitre

About 0.46 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries, which has been made in many reincarnations, most recently as a tall cap with two points or peaks.
  2. noun The surface forming the bevelled end or edge of a piece where a miter joint is made; also, a joint formed or a junction affected by two bevelled ends or edges; a mitral joint.
  3. noun A 13th-century coin minted in Europe which circulated in Ireland as a debased counterfeit sterling penny, outlawed under Edward I.
  4. noun A cap or cowl for a chimney or ventilation pipe.
  5. noun A gusset in sewing, etc.
  6. noun A square with one triangular quarter missing from the outside.
  7. noun A mitre shell
  8. verb To adorn with a mitre.

Similar words

miter sills pope hat top hat mortier steeple hat mantum head covering headwear headcap

Often followed by

and corporation of on was tavern in is court

Word family

miter mitered miterer miterers mitering miters mitred mitres mitring

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