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1 definition 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.
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