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The framing in which the panes of glass are set in a glazed window or door, including the narrow bars between the panes.

ll (Opt.), the lens of a camera obscura mounted in a wooden ball which fits a socket in a window shutter so as to be readily turned, like the eye, to different parts of the landscape.

en in the open air at night, especially by gentlemen, in a spirit of gallantry, under the windows of ladies.

A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter.

ical drops which cool in the descent, and are received in water or other liquid. -- Shot window, a window projecting from the wall. Ritson, quoted by Halliwell, explains it as a window that opens and shuts; and Wodrow describes it as a window of shutters made of timber and a few inches of glass above them.…

A movable cover or screen for a window, designed to shut out the light, to obstruct the view, or to be of some strength as a defense; a blind.

The jamb, or cheek, of an opening in a wall, as of door or window.

The timber or stone on which a window frame stands; or, the lowest piece in a window frame.

A window placed in the roof of a building, in the ceiling of a room, or in the deck of a ship, for the admission of light from above.

A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal; as, the slats of a window blind.

mirror for reflecting a beam of sunlight through the tube, which sometimes is fixed in a window shutter; secondly, of a condenser, or large lens, for converging the beam upon the object; and, thirdly, of a small lens, or magnifier, for throwing an enlarged image of the object at its focus upon a screen in a dark room…

To turn on one side; to render oblique; to slope or slant, as the side of a door, window, etc. Oxf. Gloss.

removing superfluous, water or other liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window panes, photographer's plates, etc. [Written also squillgee, squillagee, squeegee.]

by certain metallic pigments fused into its substance, -- often used for making ornament windows.

To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, color, or brilliancy; as, staring windows or colors.

r shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to. [Local, U.S.] Stool of a window, or Window stool (Arch.), the flat piece upon which the window shuts down, and which corresponds to the sill of a door; in the United States, the narrow shelf fitted on the inside against the actual sill upon which the sash…

plain or molded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far.

, posts, or the like, serving for various uses. Specifically: (a) The lintel of a door or window. (b) The commencement of a cross vault.

A bamboo frame or trellis hung at a door or window of a house, over which water is suffered to trickle, in order to moisten and cool the air as it enters. [India]

A mat or screen of fibers, as of the kuskus grass, hung at a door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it enters. [India]