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单词 window-light
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window-light
window-light n. [compare light n.1 9] Obsolete (a) a window opening or windowpane, esp. as the subject of the window tax (usually in plural); (b) (in plural, with the) = window tax n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of windows > [noun] > pane
light1387
fenestral1399
panel1399
pane1466
window glassa1586
window1605
window-light1655
windowpane1750
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > types of tax > [noun] > property tax > window tax
window yield1347
window-light1655
window tax1696
window money1700
1655 F. Raworth Jacobs Ladder Ep. Ded. The house of the foolish builder might possibly glister as gloriously when the Sun shone, as the house of the wise builder, and have as many Stories, and as great Window-lights.
1711 London Gaz. No. 4876/3 Window Lights stopped up after Michaelmas last..are subject to the Duty on Window Lights.
1758 Herald 2 Mar. 153 A new tax..to be levied on those who pay the window lights.
a1777 S. Foote Cozeners (1778) i. 10 The collector of the window-lights in Falkland's Island.
1801 T. Peck Norwich Direct. 4 Surveyor of the Window-Lights, &c. for Yarmouth District.
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