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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.
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