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—lychnoscopic /lik'neuh skop"ik/, adj./lik"neuh skohp'/, n.See lowside window.[1835-45; < Gk lýchn(os) lamp + -O- + -SCOPE]
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Lychnoscope — Lych no*scope, n. [Gr. ? + scope.] (Arch.) Same as {Low side window}, under Low, a. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lychnoscope — lych·no·scope … English syllables
lychnoscope — … Useful english dictionary
lowside window — /loh suyd / (in medieval English churches) a window set low in the outside wall, permitting the interior to be seen from the outside. Also, low side window. Also called lychnoscope. [1840 50; LOW1 + SIDE1] * * * … Universalium
low side window — noun : a window in medieval churches that is narrow, near the ground, and out of the line of the other windows called also lychnoscope … Useful english dictionary
lychnoscopic — adjective see lychnoscope … Useful english dictionary
lowside window — /loh suyd / (in medieval English churches) a window set low in the outside wall, permitting the interior to be seen from the outside. Also, low side window. Also called lychnoscope. [1840 50; LOW1 + SIDE1] … Useful english dictionary
