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casement
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Casement
(gcide) | Casement \Case"ment\, n. [Shortened fr. encasement. See {Incase
1st Case}, and cf. Incasement.] (Arch.)
A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side
of the frame into which it is fitted. (Poetically) A window.
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A casement of the great chamber window. --Shak.
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casement
(wn) | casement
n 1: a window sash that is hinged (usually on one side) |
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casement
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casement window
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encasement
(encz) | encasement,obednění n: Zdeněk Brožencasement,zapouzdření n: Zdeněk Brož |
incasement
(encz) | incasement, n: |
Casemented
(gcide) | Casemented \Case"ment*ed\, a.
Having a casement or casements.
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Chancel casement
(gcide) | Chancel \Chan"cel\, n. [OF. chancel, F. chanceau, cancel, fr. L.
cancelli lattices, crossbars. (The chancel was formerly
inclosed with lattices or crossbars) See Cancel, v. t.]
(Arch.)
(a) That part of a church, reserved for the use of the
clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed.
Hence, in modern use;
(b) All that part of a cruciform church which is beyond the
line of the transept farthest from the main front.
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Chancel aisle (Arch.), the aisle which passes on either
side of or around the chancel.
Chancel arch (Arch.), the arch which spans the main
opening, leading to the chancel.
Chancel casement, the principal window in a chancel.
--Tennyson.
Chancel table, the communion table.
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Encasement
(gcide) | Encasement \En*case"ment\, n. [Cf. Casement.]
1. The act of encasing; also, that which encases.
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2. (Biol.) An old theory of generation similar to
embo[^i]tement. See Ovulist.
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French casement
(gcide) | French \French\ (fr[e^]nch), prop. a. [AS. frencisc, LL.
franciscus, from L. Francus a Frank: cf. OF. franceis,
franchois, fran[,c]ois, F. fran[,c]ais. See Frank, a., and
cf. Frankish.]
Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants.
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French bean (Bot.), the common kidney bean ({Phaseolus
vulgaris}).
French berry (Bot.), the berry of a species of buckthorn
(Rhamnus catharticus), which affords a saffron, green or
purple pigment.
French casement (Arch.) See French window, under
Window.
French chalk (Min.), a variety of granular talc; -- used
for drawing lines on cloth, etc. See under Chalk.
French cowslip (Bot.) The Primula Auricula. See
Bear's-ear.
French fake (Naut.), a mode of coiling a rope by running it
backward and forward in parallel bends, so that it may run
freely.
French honeysuckle (Bot.) a plant of the genus Hedysarum
(H. coronarium); -- called also garland honeysuckle.
French horn, a metallic wind instrument, consisting of a
long tube twisted into circular folds and gradually
expanding from the mouthpiece to the end at which the
sound issues; -- called in France cor de chasse.
French leave, an informal, hasty, or secret departure;
esp., the leaving a place without paying one's debts.
French pie [French (here used in sense of "foreign") + pie
a magpie (in allusion to its black and white color)]
(Zool.), the European great spotted woodpecker ({Dryobstes
major}); -- called also wood pie.
French polish.
(a) A preparation for the surface of woodwork, consisting of
gums dissolved in alcohol, either shellac alone, or
shellac with other gums added.
(b) The glossy surface produced by the application of the
above.
French purple, a dyestuff obtained from lichens and used
for coloring woolen and silken fabrics, without the aid of
mordants. --Ure.
French red rouge.
French rice, amelcorn.
French roof (Arch.), a modified form of mansard roof having
a nearly flat deck for the upper slope.
French tub, a dyer's mixture of protochloride of tin and
logwood; -- called also plum tub. --Ure.
French window. See under Window.
[1913 Webster]Window \Win"dow\, n. [OE. windowe, windoge, Icel. vindauga
window, properly, wind eye; akin to Dan. vindue. ????. See
Wind, n., and Eye.]
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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.
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I leaped from the window of the citadel. --Shak.
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Then to come, in spite of sorrow,
And at my window bid good morrow. --Milton.
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2. (Arch.) The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or
other framework, which closes a window opening.
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3. A figure formed of lines crossing each other. [R.]
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Till he has windows on his bread and butter. --King.
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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.
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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.
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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.]
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Incasement
(gcide) | Incasement \In*case"ment\, n. [Cf. Casement.]
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1. The act or process of inclosing with a case, or the state
of being incased.
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2. That which forms a case, covering, or inclosure.
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casement
(wn) | casement
n 1: a window sash that is hinged (usually on one side) |
casement window
(wn) | casement window
n 1: a window with one or more casements |
encasement
(wn) | encasement
n 1: the act of enclosing something in a case [syn:
encasement, incasement] |
incasement
(wn) | incasement
n 1: the act of enclosing something in a case [syn:
encasement, incasement] |
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