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fenestrare [CL] 1 to furnish w. a window. b (fig.) to pierce. c to glaze. arca nova ~atur J. Howd. Ph. 565 rub. (cf. ib.: arca nova fenestram veteris / representat scissura vulneris).  b scribe matris prolem virginee / fenestratam mucrone lancee J. Howd. Ph. 566; cum lateris integritas / vi fenestratur lancee Id. Cyth. 54. 6; et cruore pingitur / quem eduxit fenestrata / costa que descinditur Id. Sal. 22. 8.  c 10 fenestre principales ex parte boriali ecclesie. et quelibet fenestra continet duas magnas panellas ~atas W. Worc. Itin. 60. 2 to divide w. openings (resembling windows); b (w. ref. to hairstyle). c (w. ref. to urine, p. ppl.) divided into alternate light and dark. nequiter divisi erant et in eorum bellum ~ati Plusc. X 29.  b facies amabilis et reverenda, frons mediante coma suis columnis resultabat ~ata Gosc. Aug. Maj. 89C; nitebat cesaries non arte sed gratia calamistrata, celesti nive dealbata, patriarchaliter liliosa, frons speculativa Dominice cruci patebat, quam media coma pro columna formose ~abat Id. Mir. Aug. 537; noverit eum [sc. Willelmum Rufum] fuisse ‥ corpore quadrato, colore rufo, crine subflavo, fronte ~ata, oculo vario W. Malm. GR IV 321.  c Gilb. VI 239. 1 (v. fenestratio 2); urine autem spleneticorum ‥ sunt tenues et radiose adeo quod ‥ visus reverberetur et ‥ dividatur et fiat radius multi radii, ut in una parte videatur tenuior et clarior quam in altera, unde videtur esse cum virgulis extensis, quam alii ~atam, alii virgulatam, alii perforatam appellant Ib. VI 262v. 1.

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