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SOLLER SOLAR (Lat. solarium, Fr.• galetas, Ital. solaio)

SOLAR (See also:
LAT
Lat. solarium, Fr.• galetas, Ital. solaio) , in See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, a See also:

ROOM

room in some high situation, a See also:

LOFT (connected with " lift," i.e. raised in the air; O. Eng. lyft; cf. Ger. Luft; the French term is grenier and Ger. Boden)

loft or See also:

GARRET (from the O. Fr. garite, modern guerite, a watch-tower, connected ultimately with " guard " and " ward ")

garret, also an elevated chamber in a See also:

church from which to See also:

WATCH (in O. Eng. wcecce, a keeping guard or watching, from wacian, to guard, watch, wacan, to wake)

watch the lamps burning before the altars . The Latin solarium was used principally of a sundial, but also of a sunny See also:

PART

part of a See also:

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