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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dovetail \Dove"tail`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dovetailed}; p. pr
& vb n. {Dovetailing}.]
1. (Carp.)
a To cut to a dovetail.
b To join by means of dovetails.
2. To fit in or connect strongly, skillfully, or nicely; to
fit ingeniously or complexly.
He put together a piece of joinery so crossly
indented and whimsically dovetailed . . . that it
was indeed a very curious show --Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dovetail \Dove"tail`\, n. (Carp.)
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
{Dovetail molding} (Arch.), a molding of any convex section
arranged in a sort of zigzag, like a series of dovetails.
{Dovetail saw} (Carp.), a saw used in dovetailing.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
dovetail
n : a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises
[syn: {dovetail joint}]
v : fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail
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