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.

Inclosed in a chest of wainscot.

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.

The other is wainscoted with looking- glass.

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.

Inclosed in a chest of wainscot.

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.

The other is wainscoted with looking- glass.