Definition of Mitre box

1. Noun. Hand tool for guiding handsaws in making crosscuts or miter joints.

Exact synonyms: Miter Box
Generic synonyms: Hand Tool

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mitre Box

mitral orifice
mitral prolapse
mitral regurgitation
mitral tap
mitral valve
mitral valve insufficiency
mitral valve prolapse
mitral valve prolapse syndrome
mitral valve stenosis
mitral valvotomy
mitralic
mitralization
mitramycin
mitre
mitre box (current term)
mitre joint
mitred
mitreless
mitres
mitrewort
mitreworts
mitridatite
mitriform
mitring
mitryaevaite
mitscherlichite
mitsvah
mitsvahs
mitsvoth

Literary usage of Mitre box

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mechanic's Companion: Or, The Elements and Practice of Carpentry by Peter Nicholson (1831)
"The mitre box Is used for cutting a piece of tried-up stuff at an angle of ... The mitre box consists of three boards, two called, the sides being fixed at ..."

2. The New Carpenter's and Builder's Assistant, and Wood Worker's Guide by Lucius D. Gould (1879)
"Exhibits rules for finding the lines to cut a mitre-box for sprung mouldings ; also the plans and elevations for octagonal and hexagonal roofs, ..."

3. Practical Carpentry: Being a Guide to the Correct Working and Laying Out of by Frederick Thomas Hodgson (1883)
"Undoubtedly the best way to make good work of these mouldings is to use a mitre-box. To do this make the down cuts B, B (Fig. no) the same pitch as the ..."

4. Spons' Mechanics' Own Book: A Manual for Handicraftsmen and Amateurs by Spon (1901)
"The ordinary mitre-box may also be made in ... All the forms of mitre-box described above are intended for use with a saw, the edges of the mitre being left ..."

5. Wood-working Tools: How to Use Them. A Manual by Industrial School Association, Boston (1881)
"Without lining out the work, place each piece, in turn, in the mitre-box, in such a position ... If the diagonal kerf of the mitre-box is accurately placed, ..."

6. Modern Carpentry and Building: Giving Methods of Obtaining the Various Cuts by William Allen Sylvester (1896)
"Set a bevel to the angle found, and mark the angle on the top of the mitre-box, as shown in Plate 36, Fig. 90, ab, representing the angle : then draw a line ..."

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