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The Scarlet Letter
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- They approached the door, which was of an arched form, and flanked on each side by a narrow tower or projection of the edifice, in both of which were lattice-windows, the wooden shutters to close over them at need.†
p. 96.6lattice = regular crisscross grid that repeats in a pattern of squares or diamonds
- As they descended the steps, it is averred that the lattice of a chamber-window was thrown open, and forth into the sunny day was thrust the face of Mistress Hibbins, Governor Bellingham's bitter-tempered sister, and the same who, a few years later, was executed as a witch.†
p. 108.2
- She thrust forth her head from the lattice, and looked anxiously upward.†
p. 138.3 *
- It threw a gleam of recognition, on here a post, and there a garden fence, and here a latticed window-pane, and there a pump, with its full trough of water, and here again an arched door of oak, with an iron knocker, and a rough log for the door-step.†
p. 138.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(lattice) regular crisscross pattern of lines or points that forms a repeating grid of squares or diamondsregular crisscross grid that repeats in a pattern of squares or diamonds
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)