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Dovetail   Listen
verb
Dovetail  v. t.  (past & past part. dovetailed; pres. part. 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."





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"Dovetail" Quotes from Famous Books



... normal phrase on such occasions (there is always a "dovetail" de rigueur) "Allah ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 3 • Richard F. Burton


Words linked to "Dovetail" :   go, mortise joint, mortise-and-tenon joint


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