Wainscot

1828.sorabji.com > Webster's 1828 English Dictionary

Browse Webster's 1828 Dictionary
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language is regarded by many as the finest English dictionary ever published. The dictionary is available in many forms. I made the content available here for my own purposes, out of personal admiration for this particular dictionary.

You can also look up words at dict.sorabji.com

See my other projects: weather, dict, payphones, mailboxes, receipts, found photos, court documents, what is my ip?, and more at sorabji.com.

WAINSCOT, n. In building, timber-work serving to line the walls of a room, being made in panels.
WAINSCOT, v.t.
1. To line with boards; as, to wainscot a hall.
Music sounds better in chambers wainscoted than hanged.
2. To line with different materials.
The other is wainscoted with looking-glass.

wainscot appears in definitions for these words:
Molding Panel Portal Wainscot

NEW: Google Full-Text Search of Webster's 1828