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See also Wainscoting. n. Oaken timber or boarding. (Arch.) A wooden lining or boarding of the walls of apartments, usually made in panels. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of European moths of the family Leucanidæ. They are reddish or yellowish, streaked or lined with black and white. Their larvæ feed on grasses and sedges.

 - vb. To line with boards or panel work, or as if with panel work; as, to wainscot a hall.