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Window tax
Window tax, a tax on windows, levied on houses which contained more
Casement
A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side of … affixed to the upright side of the frame into which it is fitted Poetically A window
Fumage, Fuage, or Fouage
afterwards laid upon all houses, except cottages, and upon all windows, by 7 Wm. 3, c. 18. The window duty was … Fumage, Fuage, or Fouage (vulgarly called smoke-farthings), a tax paid to the sovereign for every house that had a
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VerbarOEligil de boeliguf
A circular or oval window generally used of architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries … Versailles bears this name from the oval window opening into it
House duty
1851 (14 & 15 Vict. c. 36), in lieu of window duty. The tax varied in amount, according to the annual
Dormer
A window pierced in a roof and so set as to be … as to be vertical while the roof slopes away from it Also the gablet or houselike structure in which it is
Cornice
is affixed as the cornice of an order pedestal door window or house … decorated projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed as the cornice of an order pedestal door
Lucite
which may be used as a substitute for glass in windows … often used generically to refer to any similar transparent plastic It is sold in various forms including rigid sheets which may
Observation deck
platform but is sometimes indoors in a room with large windows to accommodate viewing … tall building with a broad view of the surrounding area It is often an outdoor platform but is sometimes indoors in
Fixtures
lieu of panels; marble or other ornamental chimney-pieces; marble slabs, window blinds; wainscots fixed to the wall by screws; grates, ranges, … demised premises during the term he can never again sever it without his landlord's consent; the property, by being annexed to
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