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dado

1. da.do \'da-d-(.)o-\ n or da.does [It, die, plinth] pl  1a: the part of a 
   pedestal of a column between the base and the surbase  1b: the lower part 
   of an interior wall when specially decorated or faced; (Xalso : the 
   decoration adorning this part of a wall 2: a groove made by dadoing  3: a 
   tool for  : of producing cyanide 
2. dado vt 1: to provide with a dado  2a: to set into a groove  2b: to cut 
   a rectangular groove in