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Venetian blind n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a window blind consisting of a number of horizontal slats whose angle may be altered to let in more or less light ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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On the second day, numbers of Right Whales were seen, who, secure from the attack of a Sperm Whaler like the Pequod, with open jaws sluggishly swam through the brit, which, adhering to the fringing fibres of that wondrous Venetian blind in their mouths, was in that manner separated from the water that escaped at the lip. This luminous and mutilated vision was so ghastly physically that Mr Verloc started away from the window, letting down the venetian blind with a great rattle. The only light visible, along the whole length of the building, glimmered through the Venetian blind of the window-entrance to Francine's sitting-room. |
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