WINDOW
ADJECTIVES
► POLYFENESTRAL having many windows → 1838 obs.
► QUARRELLED of a window: having panes → 1895 Eng. dial.
► QUARREL-PANED of a window: having diamond-shaped panes → 1868 Eng. dial.
NOUNS
► ANGEL’S LACE the pattern formed by ice on the inside of a window pane → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BACK-JUMP a back window; specifically, a prison window → 19C sl.
► BATTER a board used to cover a window before a hurricane or storm → 1982 Bahamas
► BLIND-WINDOW an imitation window in a wall → Bk1911 Sc.
► BOBS window shades → 1916 Amer. dial.
► CHICKET a dormer window → 1845 Eng. dial.
► EYETHIRL a window → a1225 obs.
► FAIRY PICTURE a pattern formed by ice on the inside of a window → 1967 Amer. dial.
► FAIRY TRACK a pattern formed by ice on the inside of a window → 1967 Amer. dial.
► FAIRY WORK a pattern formed by ice on the inside of a window → 1967 Amer. dial.
► FENESTER a window, casement → 1827 Sc. obs.
► GLAZE a window → L17 sl.
► HAZY-GAZY a window → Bk1902 Eng. dial.
► JENNYLINDA a window → Bk1896 rhyming sl.
► JUMP a window → Bk1892 Aust. sl.
► JUT-WINDOW a jutting or projecting window; a bay window → 1693 obs. rare
► LUTHERN a dormer-window → 1669
► PANEL a window-pane → 1727-41 obs.
► PITT’S PICTURE a bricked-up window → 1787 political usage
► POLLY FLINDER a window → L19 Cockney rhyming sl.
► SAFE-BROD a window shutter → 1729 Sc. obs.
► TOMMY TRINDER a window → 1990s rhyming sl. for ‘window pronounced as winder’
► VENTANA a window → 1670
► WINDOLET a small window → 1592 obs.
► WINDOW-CLOTHES window curtains → 1584-5 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► FACE AT THE WINDOW, THE someone looking through or even merely appearing at a window → L19
► WINDOW-DROPPER one who drops from a window, though strictly it would mean one who drops a window → Bk1881
► WINDOW-KEEKER an official appointed to ascertain the number of windows in a house in the days of the window-tax → Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
► WINDOW-LOOKER an official appointed to ascertain the number of windows in a house in the days of the window-tax → Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
► WINDOW-PEEPER an official appointed to ascertain the number of windows in a house in the days of the window-tax → 1744 Eng. dial. obs.
► SHINER a window cleaner → 1958 Brit. sl.
VERBS
► GAG to prop open a window → 1604 obs.
► MILL A GLAZE to smash a window → L17 sl.
► NICK to break a window by throwing stones at it → 1717 sl. obs. rare
► WAIVE UP to throw open a window, etc. → a1300 obs.
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