Dowelling
noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A dowel.
- 2 The use of dowels in manufacture.
"One soon learned, however, that it was no easy thing to make wood do exactly as one required it. It looked quite easy in the masterly hands of the experienced pattern-maker, but the mysteries of dowelling and mortice and tenon were not uncovered in a week or two."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of dowel form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"One soon learned, however, that it was no easy thing to make wood do exactly as one required it. It looked quite easy in the masterly hands of the experienced pattern-maker, but the mysteries of dowelling and mortice and tenon were not uncovered in a week or two."
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