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Dovetail :: Dovetail (v. t.) To fit in or connect strongly, skillfully, or nicely; to fit ingeniously or complexly..

Dovetail :: Dovetail (v. t.) To join by means of dovetails.

Frame :: Frame (v. t.) To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts of one member to fit parts of another. See Dovetail, Halve, v. t., Miter, Tenon, Tooth, Tusk, Scarf, and Splice..

Dovetail :: Dovetail (v. t.) To cut to a dovetail.

Inclave :: Inclave (a.) Resembling a series of dovetails; -- said of a line of division, such as the border of an ordinary..

Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) A kind of tenon or tongue used in making joints. See Dovetail.

Dovetailed :: Dovetailed (imp. & p. p.) of Dovetai.

Lewisson :: Lewisson (n.) An iron dovetailed tenon, made in sections, which can be fitted into a dovetail mortise; -- used in hoisting large stones, etc..

Cobwork :: Cobwork (a.) Built of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends dovetailed together at the corners, as in a log house; in marine work, often surrounding a central space filled with stones; as, a cobwork dock or breakwater..

Dovetail :: Dovetail (n.) A flaring tenon, or tongue (shaped like a bird's tail spread), and a mortise, or socket, into which it fits tightly, making an interlocking joint between two pieces which resists pulling a part in all directions except one..

Dovetailing :: Dovetailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dovetai.

Culvertail :: Culvertail (n.) Dovetail.

Culvertailed :: Culvertailed (a.) United or fastened by a dovetailed joint.

Swallowwort :: Swallow-tailed (a.) United by dovetailing; dovetailed.

Pin :: Pin (n.) The tenon of a dovetail joint.

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