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3 definitions found 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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