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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
dovetail
n 1: a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises
[syn: dovetail, dovetail joint]
v 1: fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Dovetail \Dove"tail`\, n. (Carp.)
A flaring tenon, or tongue (shaped like a bird's tail
spread), and a mortise, or socket, into which it fits
tightly, making an interlocking joint between two pieces
which resists pulling a part in all directions except one.
[1913 Webster]
Dovetail molding (Arch.), a molding of any convex section
arranged in a sort of zigzag, like a series of dovetails.
Dovetail saw (Carp.), a saw used in dovetailing.
[1913 Webster]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. To fit in or connect strongly, skillfully, or nicely; to
fit ingeniously or complexly.
[1913 Webster]
He put together a piece of joinery so crossly
indented and whimsically dovetailed . . . that it
was indeed a very curious show. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
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