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<i>Cockeram.</i>

<h1>Feneration</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fen`er*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>faeneratio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of fenerating; interest.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Fenes-tella</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fen`es-tel"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., dim. of <ets>fenestra</ets> <?/ window.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Any small windowlike opening or recess, esp. one to show the relics within an altar, or the like.</def>

<h1>Fenestra</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fe*nes"tra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Fenestr\'91</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., a window.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A small opening; esp., one of the apertures, closed by membranes, between the tympanum and internal ear.</def>

<h1>Fenestral</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fe*nes"tral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fenestra</ets> a window.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to a window or to windows.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a fenestra.</def>

<h1>Fenestral</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fe*nes"tral</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A casement or window sash, closed with cloth or paper instead of glass.</def>

<i>Weale.</i>

<h1>Fenestrate</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fe*nes"trate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fenestratus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>fenestrare</ets> to furnish with openings and windows.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having numerous openings; irregularly reticulated; <as>as, <ex>fenestrate</ex> membranes; <ex>fenestrate</ex> fronds.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having transparent spots, as the wings of certain butterflies.</def>

<h1>Fenestrated</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fe*nes"tra*ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Having windows; characterized by windows.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Same as <er>Fenestrate</er>.</def>

<h1>Fenestration</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fen`es*tra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The arrangement and proportioning of windows; -- used by modern writers for the decorating of an architectural composition by means of the window (and door) openings, their ornaments, and proportions.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The state or condition of being fenestrated.</def>

<h1>Fenestrule</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fe*nes"trule</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fenestrula</ets> a little window, dim. of <ets>fenestra</ets> a window.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the openings in a fenestrated structure.</def>

<h1>Fengite</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fen"gite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A kind of marble or alabaster, sometimes used for windows on account of its transparency.</def>

<h1>Fenian</h1> <Xpage=552>

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