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- verb Present participle of
miter .
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Examples
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Crooked walls and floors, uneven molding, bad mitering, horrible tile work, etc. etc.
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The diagram does show that single large machines have been broken down into multiple small machines, in particular the washing systems and paint booths, so that bikes can proceed continuously, one at a time, from tube cutting to mitering to bending to welding to washing to painting to final assembly without ever stopping.
Lean Thinking James P. Womack 2003
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The historic practice in the bicycle industry was to differentiate production activities by type and to create departments for each type of activity: tube cutting, tube bending, mitering, welding, washing and painting for the frame and handle bars, and final assembly of the complete bike.
Lean Thinking James P. Womack 2003
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The mitering on the panel edges was rough, with gaps big enough to slip a knife through.
The Magic of Recluce Modesitt, L. E. 1991
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Even without looking closely, I could see the small lines showing that the mitering and joins were often not flush.
The Magic of Recluce Modesitt, L. E. 1991
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The mitering of lace or embroidery is often necessary in making collars and in finishing corners.
Textiles and Clothing Kate Heintz Watson
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A ledge and miter or lipped miter joint_, Fig. 268, is made by rabbeting and mitering the boards to be joined so that the outer portion of the two boards meet in a miter.
Handwork in Wood William Noyes
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The rabbets are cut out with a rabbeting-plane before mitering and assembling.
Handwork in Wood William Noyes
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Run it in a straight line, on the wall against the ceiling wherever possible, mitering the joints neatly.
Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine Frederick Irving Anderson 1912
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A primer of information about composing sticks, galleys, leads, brass rules, cutting and mitering machines, etc. 47 pp.; illustrated; 50 review questions; glossary.
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