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Webster 1913 Edition

Wainscot

Wain′scot

,
Noun.
[OD.
waeghe-schot
, D.
wagen-schot
, a clapboard, fr. OD.
waeg
,
weeg
, a wall (akin to AS.
wah
; cf. Icel.
veggr
) +
schot
a covering of boards (akin to E.
shot
,
shoot
).]
1.
Oaken timber or boarding.
[Obs.]
A wedge
wainscot
is fittest and most proper for cleaving of an oaken tree.
Urquhart.
Inclosed in a chest of
wainscot
.
J. Dart.
2.
(Arch.)
A wooden lining or boarding of the walls of apartments, usually made in panels.
3.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of European moths of the family
Leucanidae
.
☞ They are reddish or yellowish, streaked or lined with black and white. Their larvae feed on grasses and sedges.

Wain′scot

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Wainscoted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Wainscoting
.]
To line with boards or panelwork, or as if with panelwork;
as, to
wainscot
a hall
.
Music soundeth better in chambers
wainscoted
than hanged.
Bacon.
The other is
wainscoted
with looking-glass.
Addison.

Webster 1828 Edition

Wainscot

WAINSCOT

,
Noun.
In building, timber-work serving to line the walls of a room, being made in panels.

WAINSCOT

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To line with boards; as, to wainscot a hall.
Music sounds better in chambers wainscoted than hanged.
2.
To line with different materials.
The other is wainscoted with looking-glass.

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