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WAINSCOT

Volume 3 · 75 words · 1771 Edition

in building, the timber work that serves to line the walls of a room, being usually made in panels, and painted, to serve instead of hangings.

WAKE of a ship, is the smooth water astern when she is under sail: this shows the way she has gone in the sea, whereby the mariners judge what way she makes.

WARE, is the eve-feast of the dedication of churches, which is kept with feasting and rural diversions.