WINDOWPANE

windowpane, Scophthalmus aquosus

(noun) very thin translucent flounder of the Atlantic coast of North America

windowpane, window

(noun) a pane of glass in a window; “the ball shattered the window”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

windowpane (plural windowpanes)

A piece of glass filling a window or a section of a window

(slang) A quadruple dose of liquid LSD.

Source: Wiktionary


Win"dow*pane`, n.

1. (Arch.)

Definition: See Pane, n., (3) b. [In this sense, written also window pane.]

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A thin, spotted American turbot (Pleuronectes maculatus) remarkable for its translucency. It is not valued as a food fish. Called also spotted turbot, daylight, spotted sand flounder, and water flounder.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.

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