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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. (Zo&ö;l.) Any one of numerous species of European moths of the family Leucanidæ.
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&hand_; They are reddish or yellowish, streaked or lined with black and white. Their larvæ feed on grasses and sedges.
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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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