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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Window \Win"dow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Windowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Windowing}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To furnish with windows. [1913 Webster] 2. To place at or in a window. [R.] [1913 Webster] Wouldst thou be windowed in great Rome and see Thy master thus with pleach'd arms, bending down His corrigible neck? --Shak. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: window n 1: a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air 2: a transparent opening in a vehicle that allow vision out of the sides or back; usually is capable of being opened 3: a transparent panel (as of an envelope) inserted in an otherwise opaque material 4: an opening that resembles a window in appearance or function; "he could see them through a window in the trees" 5: the time period that is considered best for starting or finishing something; "the expanded window will give us time to catch the thieves"; "they had a window of less than an hour when an attack would have succeeded" 6: a pane of glass in a window; "the ball shattered the window" [syn: {windowpane}, {window}] 7: an opening in a wall or screen that admits light and air and through which customers can be served; "he stuck his head in the window" 8: (computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen