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Panel :: Panel (v. t.) To form in or with panels; as, to panel a wainscot..

Twain :: Twain (a. & n.) Two; -- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque..

Portal :: Portal (n.) Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of the apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment..

Boatswain :: Boatswain (n.) An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties..

Cross-banded :: Cross-banded (a.) A term used when a narrow ribbon of veneer is inserted into the surface of any piece of furniture, wainscoting, etc., so that the grain of it is contrary to the general surface..

Tindal :: Tindal (n.) A petty officer among lascars, or native East Indian sailors; a boatswain's mate; a cockswain..

Cordiner :: Cordiner (n.) A cordwainer.

Car :: Car (n.) The stars also called Charles's Wain, the Great Bear, or the Dipper..

Swelled :: Sweinmote (n.) See Swainmote.

Wainscot :: Wainscot (v. t.) To line with boards or panelwork, or as if with panelwork; as, to wainscot a hall..

Atwain :: Atwain (adv.) In twain; asunder.

Wainscoting :: Wainscoting (n.) The act or occupation of covering or lining with boards in panel.

Panel :: Panel (n.) A sunken compartment with raised margins, molded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc..

Wagoner :: Wagoner (n.) The constellation Charles's Wain, or Ursa Major. See Ursa major, under Ursa..

Serang :: Serang (n.) The boatswain of a Lascar or East Ondian crew.

Swainish :: Swain (n.) A young man dwelling in the country; a rustic; esp., a cuntry gallant or lover; -- chiefly in poetry..

Pipe :: Pipe (v. i.) To call, convey orders, etc., by means of signals on a pipe or whistle carried by a boatswain..

Wainwright :: Wainwright (n.) Same as Wagonwright.

Elbow :: Elbow (n.) A sharp angle in any surface of wainscoting or other woodwork; the upright sides which flank any paneled work, as the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back..

Gainage :: Gainage (v. t.) The horses, oxen, plows, wains or wagons and implements for carrying on tillage..

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