- A kind of tenon or tongue used in making joints. See
Dovetail. - A species of willow. - An outwork with converging sides, its head or front
forming a reentrant angle; -- so called from its form. Called also
priestcap. - A swallow-tailed coat. - An arrow. - Any one of numerous species of large and handsome
butterflies, belonging to Papilio and allied genera, in which the
posterior border of each hind wing is prolongated in the form of a long
lobe.
Definition
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