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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
Dictionary Results for wainscot:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
wainscot
    n 1: panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is
         finished differently from the rest of the wall [syn:
         wainscot, dado]
    2: wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room
       [syn: wainscot, wainscoting, wainscotting]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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