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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 545 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GAZEBO (usually explained as a comic Latinism, for " I will gaze "; the New See also:English See also:Dictionary suggests a possible See also:oriental origin now lost)  , a See also:term used in the 18th See also:century for a structure on the See also:outer See also:wall of a See also:garden, having an upper See also:storey with windows on each See also:side so as to overlook the road . Similar buildings are found in See also:Holland on the See also:borders of the canals, which in some cases See also:form very picturesque features .

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