Wainscot

4 definitions found

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

  Wainscot \Wain"scot\, n. [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).]
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     1. Oaken timber or boarding. [Obs.]


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              A wedge wainscot is fittest and most proper for
              cleaving of an oaken tree.            --Urquhart.
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              Inclosed in a chest of wainscot.      --J. Dart.
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     2. (Arch.) A wooden lining or boarding of the walls of
        apartments, usually made in panels.
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     3. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of European moths of
        the family {Leucanidae}.
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     Note: They are reddish or yellowish, streaked or lined with
           black and white. Their larvae feed on grasses and
           sedges.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wainscot \Wain"scot\, v. 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.
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           Music soundeth better in chambers wainscoted than
           hanged.                                  --Bacon.
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           The other is wainscoted with looking-glass. --Addison.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wainscot
       n 1: panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is
            finished differently from the rest [syn: {dado}]
       2: wooden panel used to line the walls of a room [syn: {wainscoting},
           {wainscotting}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "wainscot":
     base, baseboard, basement, bush, bushing, ceil, chassis, dado,
     doubling, doublure, face, facing, feather, fill, filler, filling,
     foot, footing, foundation, frame, fur, inlay, inlayer, insole,
     interline, interlineation, keel, line, liner, lining, load,
     mopboard, nadir, pack, packing, pad, padding, shoemold, sole,
     stuff, stuffing, toe, wad, wadding