Window

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To furnish with windows.

II. Window ·vt To place at or in a window.

III. Window ·noun A figure formed of lines crossing each other.

IV. Window ·noun The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening.

V. Window ·noun 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.

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