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