[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wainscot \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.
   1913 webster
   1. oaken timber or boarding. obs.
      1913 webster

            a wedge wainscot is fittest and most proper for
            cleaving of an oaken tree.            --urquhart.
      1913 webster

            inclosed in a chest of wainscot.      --j. dart.
      1913 webster

   2. arch. a wooden lining or boarding of the walls of
      apartments, usually made in panels.
      1913 webster

   3. zool. any one of numerous species of european moths of
      the family leucanidae.
      1913 webster

   note: they are reddish or yellowish, streaked or lined with
         black and white. their larvae feed on grasses and
         sedges.
         1913 webster
see also:
leucanidae 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   1913 webster

         music soundeth better in chambers wainscoted than
         hanged.                                  --bacon.
   1913 webster

         the other is wainscoted with looking-glass. --addison.
   1913 webster
see also:
wainscoted wainscoting 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

wainscot
     n 1: panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is
          finished differently from the rest syn: dado
     2: wooden panel used to line the walls of a room syn: wainscoting,
         wainscotting
see also:
dado wainscoting wainscotting 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

44 moby thesaurus words for "wainscot":
   base, baseboard, basement, bush, bushing, ceil, chassis, dado,
   doubling, doublure, face, facing, feather, fill, filler, filling,
   foot, footing, foundation, frame, fur, inlay, inlayer, insole,
   interline, interlineation, keel, line, liner, lining, load,
   mopboard, nadir, pack, packing, pad, padding, shoemold, sole,
   stuff, stuffing, toe, wad, wadding

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