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  1. 1. n. Oaken timber or boarding. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A wooden lining or boarding of the walls of apartments, usually made in panels. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. Any one of numerous species of European moths of the family Leucanidae. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. t. To line with boards or panelwork, or as if with panelwork; as, to wainscot a hall. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room Source: wordnet
  7. 7. 1. Oaken timber or boarding. [Obs.] A wedge wainscot is fittest and most proper for cleaving of an oaken tree. Urquhart. Inclosed in a chest of wainscot. J. Dart. 2. (Arch.) A wooden lining or boarding of the walls of apartments, usually made in panels. 3. 3. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of European moths of the family Leucanidæ. Note: They are reddish or yellowish, streaked or lined with black and white. Their larvæ feed on grasses and sedges. 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. Source: webster
  8. 8. A wooden lining or boarding of the walls of apartments, usuallymade in panels. Source: adambom
  9. 9. n:100 n. panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall n. wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room Source: ecdict

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