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dadoes

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da⋅do

  [dey-doh] noun, plural -does, -dos, verb
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–noun
1. Also called die. Architecture. the part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice or cap.
2. the lower broad part of an interior wall finished in wallpaper, a fabric, paint, etc.
3. Carpentry. a groove or rectangular section for receiving the end of a board.
–verb (used with object)
4. to provide with a dado.
—Verb phrase
5. dado in, to insert (a board or the like) into a dado.
Origin:
1655–65; < It: die, cube, pedestal, perh. < Ar dad game
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da·do   (dā'dō)   
n.   pl. da·does

  1. Architecture The section of a pedestal between base and surbase.

  2. The lower portion of the wall of a room, decorated differently from the upper section, as with panels.

    1. A rectangular groove cut into a board so that a like piece may be fitted into it.

    2. The groove so cut.

tr.v.   da·doed, da·do·ing, da·does

  1. To furnish with a dado.

    1. To cut a dado in.

    2. To fit into a dado.


[Italian, from Latin datum, neuter past participle of dare, to give; see dō- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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