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LATH (0. Eng. laett, See also: strip of See also: wood or other material used in See also: building to See also: form a See also: base or groundwork for See also: plaster, or for tiles, slates or other covering for See also: roofs
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Such strips of wood are employed to form lattice-See also: work, or for the bars of venetian blinds or shutters
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A " lattice" (O
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Fr. laths) is an interlaced structure of laths fastened together so as to form a screen with See also: diamond-shaped or square interstices
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Such a screen was used, as it still is in the See also: East, as a shutter for a window admitting air rather than See also: light; it was hence used of the window closed by such a screen
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In See also: modern usage the See also: term is applied to a window with diamond-shaped panes set in See also: lead-work
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A window with a lattice painted red was formerly a See also: common See also: inn-sign (cf
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See also: Shakespeare, 2 See also: Hen
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IV. ii
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2
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86); frequently the window was dispensed with, and the sign remained painted on a See also: board
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