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ˈwindore Obs. or dial.
Also 6 wyndoor(e, 7–9 windoor, windor, 8 windeoor, vindore.
[Altered form of window n. by association with door n.: cf. wind-door.]
A window.
1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 245 b, The other without any more bones cast me the byrde..out at the wyndoore. 1582Stanyhurst æneis iii. (Arb.) 75 At thee wyndoors, where moonshyne brimlye dyd enter. 1605B. Jonson Volpone i. v, Neuer do's come abroad, neuer takes ayre, But at a windore. 1663Butler Hud. i. ii. 214 Knowing they were of doubtful gender, And that they came in at a Windore. a1687Petty Pol. Anat. (1691) 14 Stone-wall Houses, with Chimneys, Doors, Windores, Gardens and Orchards. 1722in Rutland Gloss. (1891), The North Weste windeoor. 1771Smollett Humph. Cl. iii. 18 July, One Issabel, a painted harlot, that was thrown out of a vindore. 1825Jennings Obs. Dial. W. Eng., Windor, a window. |
