miter : Idioms & Phrases

• noun hand tool for guiding handsaws in making crosscuts or miter joints
  mitre box.
  

WordNet

• (Carp. & Print.), an apparatus for guiding a handsaw at the proper angle in making a miter joint; esp., a wooden or metal trough with vertical kerfs in its upright sides, for guides.

Webster 1913

• (Carp.), a kind of dovetail for a miter joint in which there is only one joint line visible, and that at the angle.

Webster 1913

• (Carp.), a gauge for determining the angle of a miter.

Webster 1913

• noun joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner
  mitre; miter; mitre joint.
  

WordNet

• a joint formed by pieces matched and united upon a line bisecting the angle of junction, as by the beveled ends of two pieces of molding or brass rule, etc. The term is used especially when the pieces form a right angle. See Miter, 2.

Webster 1913

• noun a helvella with a saddle-shaped fertile part and creamy color; the stalk is fluted and pitted
  Helvella crispa.
  

WordNet

• (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of marine univalve shells of the genus Mitra.

Webster 1913

• (Carp.), a bevel with an immovable arm at an angle of 45°, for striking lines on stuff to be mitered; also, a square with an arm adjustable to any angle.

Webster 1913

• a pair of bevel gears, of equal diameter, adapted for working together, usually with their axes at right angles.

Webster 1913