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work, hence such panel-work as used for the lining or covering of the interior walls of an apartment. The word appears to be Dutch and came into use in See also:

ENGLISH

English in the 16th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and occurs in lists of imported See also:

TIMBER

timber. The Dutch word wagenschot, adapted in English as waynskott, weynskott (See also:

HAKLUYT, RICHARD (c. 1553—1616)

Hakluyt, Voyages, i. 173, has " boords called waghenscot "), was applied to the best See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of oak, well-grained, not liable to warp and See also:

FREE

free frcm knots. The See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form shows that it was, in popular See also:

ETYMOLOGY (Gr. grvµos, true, and X6yos, "account)

etymology, formed from wagen (i.e. wain, See also:

WAGON, or WAGGON

wagon) and schot, a See also:

TERM

term which has a large number of meanings, such as shot, See also:

CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast, See also:

PARTITION

partition, an enclosure of boards, cf. " See also:

SHEET

sheet," and was applied to the fine See also:

wood panelling used in See also:

COACH (through the Fr. coche, originally from the Magyar kocsi, an adjective from the Hungarian place named Kocs, between Raab and Buda, i.e. the sort of vehicle used there in the 15th century)

coach-See also:

BUILDING

building. This is, however, doubted, and relations have been suggested with Dutch weeg, See also:

wall, cognate with 0. Eng. wah, wall, or with M. Dutch waeghe, Ger. Wage, See also:

WAVE

wave, the reference being to the See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain of the wood when cut. The term " wainscot " is sometimes wrongly applied to a " dado," the lining, whether of See also:

paper, paint or wooden panelling, of the See also:

LOWER

lower portion of the walls of a See also:

ROOM

room. A " dado " (Ital. dada, See also:

die, See also:

CUBE (Gr. K46os, a cube)

cube; See also:

Lat. datum, something given, a die for casting lots; cf.

O. Fr. del, mod. de, Eng. " die ") meant originally the See also:

PLANE

plane-faced cube on the See also:

BASE

base of a See also:

PEDESTAL (Fr. piedestal, Ital. piedestallo, foot of a stall)

pedestal between the See also:

MOULDINGS

mouldings of the baseand the See also:

CORNICE (Fr. corniche, Ital. cornice)

cornice, hence the See also:

FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat See also:

SURFACE

surface between the See also:

PLINTH (Gr. ir)^fvOos, a square tile)

plinth and the capping of the wooden lining of the lower See also:

PART

part of a wall, representing a continuous pedestal.

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