fenestral 
Il.t . A small window; also, a framed blind 
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2. Of or belonging to the organization called 
fenugreek 
hay: see fenugreek.'] 1. An aromatic umbel- 
. 
of cloth or canvas that supplied the place of the Feniau Brotherhood : as, a Fenian inva- liferous plant, Fceniculum vulgare, a native of 
- 
glass previous to the introduction of that ma- 
terial. 
fenestrate (fe-nes'trat), a. [< L. ffiifxlnili/x. 
pp. otfeni'xtrari', furnish with windows or open- 
ings, (.fenestra, a window: see fenester.] 1. 
Same as fenestniJ. 2. Same as fenestrated, 1. 
-Fenestrate ocellus, in fnimu., an ocellatod spot hav- 
ing a dear spot in the center. Fenestrate pterostlg- 
ma, in i'/ttnrn., a pterostigma having a clear dot at the 
liter end. 
a Fenian outrage. 
Some of his [Thomas Hughes's] letters, written during 
the early Fenian excitement, . . . are among the best con- 
tributions that England has furnished for the American 
press. R. J. llinton, Eng. Radical Leaders, p. 100. 
Fenianism (fe'ni-an-izm), n. [< Fenian, 2, + 
-ism.] The principles, politics, or practices of 
the Fenians. See Fenian, n., 2. 
Mr. Sunnier appears to have thought the proximity to 
us of the British possessions a cause of irritation and dis- 
fonootroto/1 ffn npa'trn tpiT> n FAo frnptfrnlv ' 
lenestratett (te-nes tra-teii;, a. \_AsJcnestrate turbance, by furnishing a basis of operations for Fenitm- 
+ -<'<!-.] 1. in arch., having windows; win- 
dowed; characterized by windows. 2. Same 
as 
outer laye: 
N. A. Ret!., CXXVII. 79. 
An obsolete spelling of phenix. 
'ra/.-- Fenestrated membrane, in anat., the fenkt,". *. [ME. fenkcn, rarefy venken, < OF. 
ouier layer of the inner coat of an artery, consisting of a ,,.,,,., Jf rrinerp uninr-re IF unbuilt Pr Hn P<r 
homogeneous highly refracting substance presenting in lencre ! vemcre, vaincre, H . vaincre = .fr. bp. fg. 
transverse section a festooned appearance. veneer = It. mncere, < L. vincere, overcome, con- 
quer, vanquish: see vanquish, convince.] To 
overcome; conquer; vanquish. 
All swich cities that seemelich were, 
Philip/enA-e* in fyght & fayled lyte, 
That all Greece hee ne gatt with his grim werk. 
Alisaunder of tlacedoine (E. E. T. S.), 1. 323. 
fenestration (fen-es-tra'shon), H. [< fenestrate 
+ -inn.] 1. In arch. : () A design in which the 
windows are arranged to form the principal 
feature. (6) The series or arrangement of win- 
dows in a building. 2. In anat. and zool., the 
state of being f enestral or provided with fenes- 
trse. 
fenestret, Bee fenester. 
fenestrella (t'eii-es-trel'a), . ; pi. fenestrellce 
(-e). [NL. (cf.It.fenestreila; L.fenestella,fenes- 
tralu), dim. of fenestra, a window.] In entom., fenkelt, " 
He ne mighte . . . 
Ayen Rome in bataile spede, 
That he was euer more biwraid, 
Ouercumen, venkud, and bitraid. 
Seuyn Sages, 1. 2021 (Weber's Metr. Rom., III.). 
See finkle, fennel. 
southern Europe and common in cultivation. 
It is a tall, glaucous herb with decompound leaves, yellow 
flowers, an agreeable odor, and sweet aromatic taste. 
Several varieties are extensively cultivated ill Europe, 
America, and India for their seeds, which are used in 
medicine as a carminative and stimulant. The chief con- 
sumption, however, is in veterinary practice. The oil dis- 
tilled from the seeds is used in the manufacture of cordials. 
Ekefenel wol up growe, 
So it be gladde. 
Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 84. 
There's fennel for you, and columbines. 
Shak., Hamlet, iv. 5. 
Above the lowly plants it towers, 
The fennel, with its yellow flowers, 
And in an earlier age than ours 
Was gifted with the wondrous powers, 
Lost vision to restore. 
Longfellow, Goblet of Life. 
2. A name of certain plants of other genera. 
See below Dog-fennel, see <%-/"'! Giant 
fennel, the Ferula cointmtnis. Hog- or sow-fennel, 
the Peucedanum ojficinale. Sweet fennel, Faeniculum 
dulce, sometimes eaten as a vegetable or salad. To eat 
conger and fennelt, to eat two high and hot things to- 
gether : esteemed an act of libertinism. Naret. 
Because their legs are both of a bigness : and he plays 
at quoits well ; and eats conger and fennel. 
Shak., 2 Hen. IV., ii. 4. 
fennel-flower (feu'el-flou^er), n. The Nigella 
, . , . nenom., , . , . xeuiici-iiuwei v lc " ei-mm ei-;, n. me j.\tyeuu 
a transparent spot in the anal area of a tegmen fenks (fengks), n. [Origin obscure.] The ul- Damascena, or ragged-lady, also N. sativa, the 
- 
or wing-cover of certain grasshoppers. Kirby. 
fenestnile (fe-nes'trol), n. [< LL. fenestruta, 
dim. of L. fenestra, a window: see fenestra.] 
In Polyzoa, one of the little fenestrs, or spaces 
the intereectin s branehes f the c - 
timate refuse of whale-blubber, it is valued as 
manure and it has been proposed to use^t for making 
' ffM^ "f f"T7^ 
n fen + land land 
n'fir) The will-o' the wisp- a 
" 
Lincoln, 
Mocked as whom the fen-fire leads. Suinburne, Athens. f en land ; specifically, an inhabitant of the Eng- 
fen-fOWl (fen'foul), n. [< AS. *fenfugel (Som- lish fenlaud or feus. 
seeds of which are used in the East as a con- 
diment, and medicinally as a carminative and 
diuretic. 
fennel-water (feii'el-wa/'ter), n. A spirituous 
" from fennel-seed. 
an), n. and a. Same as Fe- 
(fen ' ish - * 
fem1 ^ 
l < fen fpn 4- fiinel fnwM An?niJrt.ot 
;, <./e, ten, -t-/Mg>e(, IOWI.J Any towl that 
frequents fens; as a plural, such fowls collec- 
lively. 
fengt, n. See fung. 
fengeldt, [In old law books, a form repr. an who lives in fens or marshes. 
AS.'feondgild, ME.*fendgeld, <fei)nd, ME. fend, If you ask howyou should rid them, I will not point you 
Hardlier putrifyed and corrupted than all the famishe 
waters in the whole country. Whitgift, Defence, p. 378. 
Laurence Holebeck was born, saith my Author, apud f _, , ,... r , ,, - , . 
Girvios: that is, amongst the Fenlanden. fenny 1 (fen i), a. [< WE. fenny, < AS. fenmg, 
Fuller, Worthies, Lincolnshire. Jenneg, marshy, muddy, < fenn, fen, marsh, 
fenman (fen'man), n. ; pl.fenmen(-men). One mud:see/el. Cf. fenny*.] 1. Having the 
! - '-- * character of a fen ; boggy ; marshy. 
feend, an enemy, + gild, geld, a payment.] In to the fen-men, who, to make quick dispatch of their an- 
nld law, an impost or a tax for the repelling of "oyances, set fire on their fens. 
[Same as pliengite, < L. f enne it, An obsolete spelling of /ci. 
, another name of as/a/- fennel, . [Perhaps torfende, i. e., fiend.] Ap- 
d from its use for win- P arerlt ly, a dragon. 
An< l that tne waker/;ie the golden spoyle did keepe. 
TurberviUe, tr. of Ovid's Epistles, p. 34. 
fennec, fennek (fen'ek), n. [The Moorish 
n nie.] 1 . A small African fox, the zerda, Vul- 
enemies. Cowell. 
fengite (fen'jit), n. 
pliengites, < Gr. 0eyj 
W'TW, selenite, so called 
dows, < ^fyyof, light, QiyyeLv, shine.] A kind 
of transparent alabaster or marble, sometimes 
used for window-panes. 
fen-goose (fen'go's), . The graylag, Anser 
ferns : so called from its frequenting fens. 
Fenian (fe'ni-au, in sense 1 also fen'i-an), n. 
and a. [In the first sense also written Fennian 
and Flnnian; formed, with Latin suffix -ian, 
from Ir. Feinn, Feinne, oblique case of Ir. Fiann, 
pi. Fianna: see def. 1.] 1. n. 1. A modern 
English form of Irish Fiann, Fianna, a name 
applied in Irish tradition to the members of 
certain tribes who formed the militia of the 
ardrig or king (see ardrigh) of Eire or Erin (the 
Fianna Eirionn, or champions of Erin). The 
principal figure in the Fenian legends is Finn or Find 
or Fionn, who figures as Fingal in the Ossianic publications 
of McPherson, in which the name of Ossian stands for 
Oisin, son of Finn. The Fenians, with their hero Finn, 
while probably having a historical basis, became the cen- 
ter of a great mass of legends, which may be compared 
with the legends of King Arthur and the Round Table. In 
the Ossianic version the Fenians are warriors of super- 
human size, strength, speed, and prowess. Also Fian 
Fion. 
2. A member of an association of Irishmen 
known as the Fenian Brotherhood, founded in 
New York in 1857, with a view to secure the 
independence of Ireland. The movement soon 
ad over the United States and Ireland (where it 
T - Adani *< Works ' 48 - 
pes zerda or Fennecus zerda. it is of a pale-fawn 
or creamy-whitish color, the tail being black-tipped. It 
. . - rt 
sorbed the previously existing Phcenix Society), and among 2 - A- misnomer of an entirely different African 
the Irish population of Great Britain, and several attempts fox, of the 
organized in district clubs called circles, presided over by 
center*, with a head center as 
eral senate : an organiza 
United States, after which it continued in existence as 
secret society. fennek, n. See fennec. 
EL a- 1. Of or belonging to the Fenians of fennel (fen'el), w. [< ME. fenel, fenyl (also in 
' 
Much of this parke, as well as a greate part of the coun- 
try about it, is very fenny, and the ayre very bad. 
Evelyn, Diary, Oct. 21, 1844. 
A hov'ring vapour 
That covers for a while the/enny pool. 
J. Baillie. 
2. Inhabiting or growing in fens ; abounding in 
fens: as, fenny brake. 
Fillet of & fenny snake, 
In the caldron boil and bake. 
Shak., Macbeth, iv. 1. 
Paths there were many, 
Winding through palmy fern, and rushes fenny. 
Keats, Endymion, i. 
3. Muddy. [Prov. Eng.] 
That mayster is mercyable ; thaj [though] thou be man 
fenny, 
& al to-marred in myre whyl thou on molde lyuyes, 
Thou may schyne thurg schryfte, thaj thou haf schome 
serued, 
& pure the with penaunce tyl thou a perle worthe. 
Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), ii. 1113. 
fenny 2 (fen'i), a. Same as finewed. 
fenowedt (fen'od), a. Same zsfineiced. 
fensable, fensible, a. Seefencible. 
fensome (fen'sum), a. [E. dial., for "fendsome, 
< fendl + -some.] 1. Adroit; skilful. 2. 
Neat; handsome; becoming. Grose; Brockett. 
fensuret, . [< fence + -ure.] A fence. 
Fence orfensure, vallum. Hvloet. 
fent (fent), n. [< ME. fente, < OF. fente, F. 
fente (= Pg. fenda), a slit, < fendre = Sp. hen- 
der = Pg. fender = It. fendere, < L. findere, pp. 
fissus, cleave, split, slit. Hence also (from L. 
findere) fendaee, fissile, fission, fissure, etc.] 
1. A slit; specifically, a short slit or opening 
left in an article of dress, as in the sleeve of a 
shirt, at the top of the skirt in a dress, etc., as 
a means of putting it on ; a placket or placket- 
hole. 2. A crack; a flaw. [Prov. Eng.] 3. 
A remnant, as of cotton ; an odd piece ; spe- 
, cifically, imperfectly printed or imperfectly 
and containing the fennecs or zerdas, as F. dyed ends of cotton and other cloths, which are 
zerda, F. famelimis, and F. chama. See fennec. s ld for patchwork and similar purposes. 
Fennec ( Vulpes or Fennecus xerda } . 
has a slender body, sharp snout, large pointed ears, upward 
of 3 inches long, and blue eyes. It is about a foot long 
without the tail, which is shorter than the body. The 
animal lives in burrows like other foxes, and is chiefly 
nocturnal In habits. There are several species of the ge- 
nus Fenneciis. 
genus Mequlotis or Otoaion. 
Fennecus (fen'e-kus), [NL., <>, c .] A 
, g enu s of small Af mean foxes with very large 
er as chief president and a gen- ears and auditory bullee, belonging to the alo- 
tion afterward modified in some pecoid or vulpine series of the family Canida-, 
' and 
Sand and bran will come out in a fine strainer, or a fine 
printing fmt. O'Neill, Dyeing and Calico Printing, p. 229. 
, . . , 
Irish legend : as, the Fenian stories ; the Fenian another form fenkel, fynkel,' > mod. finkle, after 4. The binding of any part of the dress. TProv 
D. or Scand.), < AS. fenol, usually flnol, finel, Eng.] 
period. 
The poems and tales .which we have called Fennian. .. finul, rarely finugle, = D. venkel = 6Wc'. "fena- fent (fent), v. t. [< fent, n.,4.1 Tobind(cloth) 
form a cycle entirely distinct from the heroic one. cha l, feuichal, G. fenchel = Sw. fenk&l = Dan. [Prov. Eng.] 
Most of the poems and prose tales comingumler the f ?S? = < ? F -/ eK( ? i '> F -finoml = Pr fenolh, fen-thrush (fen'thrush), n. The missel-thrush. 
head Fmaiaa Fe.iiau, and now -or recently current / '" = Sp. hinojo = Pg. funcho = It. finoc- C. Swainson. [North Hants, Eng.] 
anniiiK the Irish -speaking peasantry, are also to be found chio, < L. fenienlttm, more correctly fivniculum, fenugreek (fen'u-grek), n. [Also sometimes 
IMS. at least 300 years old. K,ICI,C. Brit., IX. 75. fennel, dim. of fenum, more correctly fcvnum, fenugreek, formerly also written fenigreek; < 
