'Window tax' definitions:

Definition of 'Window tax'

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  • Window \Win"dow\, n. [OE. windowe, windoge, Icel. vindauga window, properly, wind eye; akin to Dan. vindue. ????. See Wind, n., and Eye.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • I leaped from the window of the citadel. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Arch.) The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A figure formed of lines crossing each other. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • Till he has windows on his bread and butter. --King. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. a period of time in which some activity may be uniquely possible, more easily accomplished, or more likely to succeed; as, a launch window for a mission to Mars. [PJC]
  • 5. (Computers) a region on a computer display screen which represents a separate computational process, controlled more or less independently from the remaining part of the screen, and having widely varying functions, from simply displaying information to comprising a separate conceptual screen in which output can be visualized, input can be controlled, program dialogs may be accomplished, and a program may be controlled independently of any other processes occurring in the computer. The window may have a fixed location and size, or (as in modern Graphical User Interfaces) may have its size and location on the screen under the control of the operator. [PJC] [1913 Webster]
  • 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 (Zool.), the common European martin. [Prov. Eng.]
  • Window oyster (Zool.), 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) (Zool.) 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 (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), 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.] [1913 Webster]