Win"dow (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Windowed (?); p. pr.
& vb. n. Windowing.]
1. To furnish with windows.
2. To place at or in a window. [R.]
Wouldst thou be
windowed in great Rome and see
Thy master thus with pleach'd
arms, bending down
His corrigible neck?
Shak.
Win"dow (?), n. [OE.
windowe, windoge, Icel. vindauga window, properly, wind eye; akin to Dan.
vindue. &?;&?;&?;&?;. See Wind, n., and Eye.]
1. An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of light and air, usually closed by casements or sashes containing some transparent material,
as glass, and capable of being opened and shut at pleasure.
I leaped from the window of the citadel.
Shak.
Then to come, in spite of sorrow,
And at my window bid good morrow.
Milton. 2. (Arch.) The shutter, casement, sash with its
fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening.
3. A figure formed of lines crossing each other. [R.]
Till he has windows on his bread and
butter.
King. French window (Arch.), a casement window in two folds, usually reaching to the floor;
-- called also French casement. -- Window back (Arch.), the inside face of the low, and usually thin, piece of wall
between the window sill and the floor
below. -- Window blind, a blind or shade for a window. -- Window bole, part of a window
closed by a shutter which can be opened at
will. [Scot.] -- Window box, one of the
hollows in the sides of a window frame for the
weights which counterbalance a lifting sash. -- Window frame, the frame of
a window which receives and holds the sashes or casement. -- Window
glass, panes of glass for windows; the kind of glass used in windows. --
Window martin
(Zoöl.), the common European martin. [Prov. Eng.] -- Window oyster
(Zoöl.), a marine bivalve shell (Placuna placenta) native of the East Indies and China. Its valves are very broad, thin, and translucent, and are said
to have been used formerly in place of glass. -- Window pane. (a) (Arch.) See Pane, n., 3
(b). (b) (Zoöl.) See Windowpane, in the Vocabulary. -- Window sash, the sash, or light frame, in which panes of glass are
set for windows. -- Window seat, a seat arranged in the recess
of a window.
See Window stool, under Stool. -- Window shade, a shade or blind for a window; usually, one that is hung
on a roller. -- Window shell (Zoöl.),
the window oyster. -- Window shutter, a shutter or blind used to close or darken windows. -- Window sill (Arch.), the flat piece of
wood, stone, or the like, at the bottom
of a window
frame. -- Window swallow (Zoöl.),
the common European martin. [Prov.
Eng.] -- Window tax,
a tax or duty formerly levied on all windows, or openings for light, above the number of
eight in houses standing in cities or towns. [Eng.]
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