Definitions
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- noun (Arch.) See
louver .
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- noun architecture A
louver .
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Examples
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The said hall was lighted with candles, but not very brightly, save at the upper end; but amidmost a flickering heap of logs sent a thin line of blue smoke up to the luffer.
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Only Clara cut it short in te temonstration; but as a luffer, in te
Double Trouble Or, Every Hero His Own Villain Herbert Quick 1893
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The wind came blowing in through the luffer-boards and fluted and organed among the bells to rejoice the heart of the cats and owls.
The Merrie Tales Of Jacques Tournebroche 1909 Anatole France 1884
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Up above, were other bays with freshly painted luffer-boards.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Complete ��mile Zola 1871
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Up above, were other bays with freshly painted luffer-boards.
The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Lourdes, Rome and Paris ��mile Zola 1871
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Up above, were other bays with freshly painted luffer-boards.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 4 ��mile Zola 1871
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In the aisles were the sleeping-places of the Folk, and down the nave under the crown of the roof were three hearths for the fires, and above each hearth a luffer or smoke-bearer to draw the smoke up when the fires were lighted.
The House of the Wolfings William Morris 1865
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The said hall was lighted with candles, but not very brightly, save at the upper end; but amidmost a flickering heap of logs sent a thin line of blue smoke up to the luffer.
Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair William Morris 1865
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Wltat ii this world f Thy ichooli oh miNry I Our only lesson ii to learn to luffer;
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Thefe are flrong metaphorical ex - preflions, to denote that God does not, and never will luffer them to rife and be brought againit the behever, to condemn him, or do him any hurt.
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