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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_193770" /> == | |||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) Oaken timber or boarding. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) Any one of numerous species of European moths of the family Leucanidae. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To line with boards or panelwork, or as if with panelwork; as, to wainscot a hall. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) A wooden lining or boarding of the walls of apartments, usually made in panels. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_65544" /> == | |||
<p> This term originally seems to have implied rough planks of oak timber, and subsequently to have been given to wooden paneling, to which they were converted for lining the inner walls of houses and churches. It was very extensively employed during the reigns of [[Queen]] [[Elizabeth]] and James I, and for a long period afterwards. The names has long ceased to be confined to oak paneling. It is also called seeing-work. </p> | <p> This term originally seems to have implied rough planks of oak timber, and subsequently to have been given to wooden paneling, to which they were converted for lining the inner walls of houses and churches. It was very extensively employed during the reigns of [[Queen]] [[Elizabeth]] and James I, and for a long period afterwards. The names has long ceased to be confined to oak paneling. It is also called seeing-work. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_193770"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/wainscot Wainscot from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_65544"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/wainscot Wainscot from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_65544"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/wainscot Wainscot from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:34, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) Oaken timber or boarding.
(2): ( n.) Any one of numerous species of European moths of the family Leucanidae.
(3): ( v. t.) To line with boards or panelwork, or as if with panelwork; as, to wainscot a hall.
(4): ( n.) A wooden lining or boarding of the walls of apartments, usually made in panels.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
This term originally seems to have implied rough planks of oak timber, and subsequently to have been given to wooden paneling, to which they were converted for lining the inner walls of houses and churches. It was very extensively employed during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth and James I, and for a long period afterwards. The names has long ceased to be confined to oak paneling. It is also called seeing-work.
