Dovetailing

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dovetail \Dove"tail`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dovetailed}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Dovetailing}.]
     1. (Carp.)
        (a) To cut to a dovetail.
        (b) To join by means of dovetails.
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     2. To fit in or connect strongly, skillfully, or nicely; to
        fit ingeniously or complexly.
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              He put together a piece of joinery so crossly
              indented and whimsically dovetailed . . . that it
              was indeed a very curious show.       --Burke.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "dovetailing":
     a propos, ad rem, adapted, applicable, apposite, appropriate,
     apropos, apt, becoming, befitting, felicitous, fit, fitted,
     fitting, geared, happy, just right, likely, meshing, on the button,
     opportune, pat, qualified, relevant, right, seasonable, sortable,
     suitable, suited, suiting, tailored, to the point,
     to the purpose