See also:

• VERANDAH, or VERANDA

VERANDAH, or VERANDA  , a roofed See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery or See also:

• PORTICO (Ital. for " porch," Lat. porticus)

portico attached to the outside of a dwelling-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house or other See also:

• BUILDING

building, usually open at the sides or partially covered by lattice-See also:

• WORK

work or See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass or other screens . The roofing is slanting and supported by pillars ; a See also:

• LIGHT

light See also:

• RAIL

rail or See also:

• BALUSTRADE

balustrade often surrounds it . The word in See also:

• ENGLISH

English is comparatively See also:

• MODERN

modern, having only been included by Todd in his edition of See also:

• JOHNSON, ANDREW
• JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
• JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
• JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
• JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
• JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
• JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
• JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
• JOHNSON, THOMAS

Johnson's See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary in 1827 . But it was known earlier in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, and the occurrence of the word in modern Hindustani (varanda) and Malayan (baranda) has led some etymologists to connect the word with the See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian baramadan, to climb . It is, however, certainly of See also:

• EUROPEAN

European origin, and was taken to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East by the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early Portuguese navigators . It is to be found as early as the end of the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century and the beginning of the 16th in See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish and Portuguese (so Minsheu, " varanda, railes to leane the See also:

• BREST

brest on "), and apparently is to be referred to See also:

• LAT

Lat. vara, a forked See also:

• POLE (FAMILY)
• POLE, REGINALD (1500-1558)
• POLE, RICHARD DE LA (d. 1525)
• POLE, WILLIAM (1814—1900)

pole or See also:

• ROD (O.E. rodd, probably related to Norw. rudda, stick, rodda, stake)
• ROD, EDOUARD (1857-1910)

rod .