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"Section F, G and H"

] (Arch.) Any small windowlike
opening or recess, esp. one to show the relics within an altar, or
the like.


||Fe*nes"tra (?), n.; pl.
Fenestræ (#). [L., a window.] (Anat.)
A small opening; esp., one of the apertures, closed by
membranes, between the tympanum and internal ear.


Fe*nes"tral (?), a. [L. fenestra
a window.] 1. (Arch.) Pertaining to a
window or to windows.


2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a
fenestra.


Fe*nes"tral, n. (Arch.) A
casement or window sash, closed with cloth or paper instead of
glass.
Weale.


Fe*nes"trate (?), a. [L.
fenestratus, p. p. of fenestrare to furnish with
openings and windows.] 1. Having numerous
openings; irregularly reticulated; as, fenestrate membranes;
fenestrate fronds.


2. (Zoöl.) Having transparent
spots, as the wings of certain butterflies.


Fe*nes"tra*ted (?), a.


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