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mitring

mitring is the present participle and gerund of mitre.

Meaning of mitre

Verb

mitre (third-person singular simple present mitres, present participle mitring, simple past and past participle mitred)

  1. (Commonwealth) To adorn with a mitre.
  2. (Commonwealth) To unite at an angle of 45°.
    • The bartizans have each a peculiar angle shaft on the outer face, which mitres into the string-course at bottom, and probably supported a shield with coat of arms or a crest or other ornament rising above the parapet1887, David MacGibbon and Thomas Ross., The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland from the Twelfth to the Eighteenth Century

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Questions about mitring

What is mitring the present participle and gerund of?
Mitring is the present participle and gerund of mitre.

Words near mitring in the dictionary

  1. mitreworts
  2. mitrid
  3. mitridatite
  4. mitrids
  5. mitriform
  6. mitring
  7. Mitrofani
  8. Mitrofanoff procedure
  9. mitrospingid
  10. mitrospingid tanager
  11. Mitrovica

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