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English Dictionary: wainscoting by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wainscoting
n
  1. a wainscoted wall (or wainscoted walls collectively) [syn: wainscoting, wainscotting]
  2. wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room
    Synonym(s): wainscot, wainscoting, wainscotting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
  
               Music soundeth better in chambers wainscoted than
               hanged.                                                   --Bacon.
  
               The other is wainscoted with looking-glass. --Addison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wainscoting \Wain"scot*ing\, n.
      1. The act or occupation of covering or lining with boards in
            panel.
  
      2. The material used to wainscot a house, or the wainscot as
            a whole; panelwork.
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