WINDOW

orifice in wall to admit air and light; in ancient times small; either elosed with shutters or furnished with plates of bern or mica; cla ical temples were without windows, lighted by apertures jn roof; window-gla introduced, f£V. ~ent.; Norman architecture characterized by small, stunted w.; the longclesiastical use; glazed paper still in used in China and Japan instead of w.-gla .