vistas

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vistas - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Vista \Vis"ta\, n.; pl. Vistas. [It., sight, view, fr. vedere,
     p. p. visto, veduto, to see, fr. L. videre, visum. See
     View, Vision.]
     A view; especially, a view through or between intervening
     objects, as trees; a view or prospect through an avenue, or
     the like; hence, the trees or other objects that form the
     avenue.
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           The finished garden to the view
           Its vistas opens, and its alleys green.  --Thomson.
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           In the groves of their academy, at the end of every
           vista, you see nothing but the gallows.  --Burke.
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           The shattered tower which now forms a vista from his
           window.                                  --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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