fistulare

fistulare, ~ari [LL], ~ire 1 to play on a pipe, whistle. a findo ‥ hec fistula, -e, unde hic fistulator, -ris, et †fistuo, -is [MS: fistulo, -lis], i. cum fistula canere Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 207 (cf. ib. 240: †fistuire, cum fistula canere); Mercurius ~abat ita jocunde et ita gratiose quod ‥ Holcot Wisd. 130; to whewe, ~are CathA; to pipe, ~are Levins Manip. 141. 2 to drink though a straw. Cf. fistula 1c. sanguissuga vermis ‥ habet ‥ os triangulum et more ~antum sanguinem sugit Malachy Ven. 21. 3 (pass.) to be afflicted w. fistulae, be or become ulcerated. quare apostema ‥ debet incidi ne ~aretur Quaest. Salern. B 83; quoniam ~atur locus juxta oculum et nasum, exit putredo per parvum foramen Gilb. III 143v. 2; potio ~atis optima Ib. VII 332. 2; generantur apostemata et ~antur membra Bacon Tert. sup. 6; ulcus profundum est ~atum Gad. 53. 1; si vulnus fuerit ~atum Ib. 121. 2.