Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . und wordswhich follow here. Miter-block. {Joinery.) One arranged for saw-ing pieces to an angle of 45°. Miter-box. 1. (Prinliiuj.) A box in whichrules are placed while the ends are cut obliquely, soas to make a miter-joint with another rule. 2. (fiatycntry.) A trough with vertical kerfs,wliicli intersect the sides at an angle of 45°, to formguides for a saw in s
Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . und wordswhich follow here. Miter-block. {Joinery.) One arranged for saw-ing pieces to an angle of 45°. Miter-box. 1. (Prinliiuj.) A box in whichrules are placed while the ends are cut obliquely, soas to make a miter-joint with another rule. 2. (fiatycntry.) A trough with vertical kerfs,wliicli intersect the sides at an angle of 45°, to formguides for a saw in sawing the ends of pieces to makemiter-joints. Miter-dovetail. (Jninery.) A form of con-ceale<l dovetail whicli presents only a single jointUne, and that on the angle. See Dovetail. Miter-drain. The transverse drain in the met-aling of a road. Mitered. (Bookbinding.) Said of fillet orna-mentation when the lines unite exactly at theirjunction without overrunning. Mitered Border. The edging around the slab-stone of a hearth. Miter-gage. A gage to determine the angleof a njiter-joint in picture-frames, moldings, 3179 shows such a gage, having a pair of armshinged to a stock, on which is a sliding clamp that Fig. Miter-Ga^c. carries the saw-guide, which is connected by linkswith the said arms, so as to allow them to be placedwithin and conform to any angle, and insure at thesame time the proper position of the stock midwayIjetween the said arms. Miter-ing-ma-chine. 1. (Printing.) A ma-chine for miteiing printers rules, so that their endsmay meet at a miter-joint. Various adjustmentsare found in the United States , July 3,1865 Babcock, February 5,1861. Grover and Pelouse, May 29, Walker, December 3,1867. I860. Ustich, July 21,1868- 2. (JoiiKry.) A machine for mitering or slantingthe ends of pieces which are to be united by a miter-joint. The machine illustrated is adapted for miter-ing frame moldings, panel moldings, etc. The irons MITER-IRON. 145
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