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a wall that changed its mind about keeping the world out
means An opening in a wall or vehicle, usually filled with glass, that lets in light and a view while keeping out the weather.
from From Old Norse 'vindauga,' literally 'wind-eye' — 'vindr' (wind) plus 'auga' (eye) — picturing the opening as an eye in the wall through which the wind could peer or pass. Norse settlers carried the word into English, where it nudged aside the older Old English 'eagþyrl' (eye-hole) and 'fenester' (a borrowing from Latin 'fenestra,' still alive in French 'fenêtre' and German 'Fenster').
- glass flows
- old panes thicker at bottom is mostly a myth
- tax dodge
- Britain once taxed windows, so people bricked them up
- defenestration
- throwing people out windows started two real wars
- word origin
- from Old Norse meaning wind-eye
- crash victims
- a billion birds die hitting them yearly
for instance
oval office windows — three south-facing windows in the u.s. presidential office with views of the rose garden