Till he has windows on his bread and butter.
King.
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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 (Zoöl.), the common
European martin. [Prov. Eng.] — Window oyster (Zoöl.), 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) (Zoöl.) 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 (Zoöl.),
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
(Zoöl.), 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.]
Win"dow (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Windowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Windowing.]