This dovetail is half blind, so that the joint will not appear when the drawer is shut.

In order that the drawer may always run freely and yet the front fit the opening as close as possible, it is common practice to cut a shallow rabbet on the ends of the front, so that the body of the drawer is a little narrower than the front is long, Fig.287.Or the front may be attached to the sides with a dado tongue and rabbet joint, Fig.

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[Illustration: Fig.287.Dovetailed Drawer Construction.] The bottom is grooved into the sides with its grain parallel to the front and fastened only to the front so that it has plenty of play for shrinkage.