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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..

Dagswain :: Dagswain (n.) A coarse woolen fabric made of daglocks, or the refuse of wool..

Panelwork :: Panelwork (n.) Wainscoting.

Cordovan :: Cordovan (n.) Same as Cordwain. In England the name is applied to leather made from horsehide.

Swelled :: Sweinmote (n.) See Swainmote.

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..

Plough :: Plough (n.) Same as Charles's Wain.

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

Wainscot :: Wainscot (n.) A wooden lining or boarding of the walls of apartments, usually made in panels..

Wain :: Wain (n.) A four-wheeled vehicle for the transportation of goods, produce, etc.; a wagon..

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..

Jager :: "Jager (n.) Any species of gull of the genus Stercorarius. Three species occur on the Atlantic coast. The jagers pursue other species of gulls and force them to disgorge their prey. The two middle tail feathers are usually decidedly longer than the rest. Called also boatswain, and marline-spike bird. The name is also applied to the skua, or Arctic gull (Megalestris skua)..

Boatswain :: Boatswain (n.) The jager gull.

Cordwainer :: Cordwainer (n.) A worker in cordwain, or cordovan leather; a shoemaker..

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..

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

Geminate :: Geminate (a.) In pairs or twains; two together; binate; twin; as, geminate flowers..

Untwain :: Untwain (v. t.) To rend in twain; to tear in two.

Swaip :: Swainship (n.) The condition of a swain.

Yeoman :: Yeoman (n.) An interior officer under the boatswain, gunner, or carpenters, charged with the stowage, account, and distribution of the stores..

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