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).]
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. Zool.
Any one of numerous species of European moths of the family Leucanidae.
⇒ They are reddish or yellowish, streaked or lined with black and white. Their larvae 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.
Music soundeth better in chambers wainscoted than hanged.
Bacon.
The other is wainscoted with looking-glass.
Addison.
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