rostrare

1 rostrare v. rastrare

2 rostrare v. rostare

3 rostrare [CL] 1 (intr.) to poke one's beak or nose in a certain direction. sanctimoniales exterius ~antes [ME: beakeð utward] ad modum avis indisciplinate in cagia exire nitentis AncrR 29; heu! quanta jactura ‥ nisa est sic extra ~are Ib.. 2 (trans.) to make or provide with a beak-shaped projection (p. ppl.). b (of spiked cord used in punishment, in fig. context). c (of shoe) that has long pointed toe. ~atum, tindecte GlC R 208; stant excelsa tolis rostrata cacumina turris Wulf. Swith. pref. 179; turris erat rostrata tolis Ib. I 447.  b sunt autem duo funes ~ati quos diabolus conplicat sub vicario anticristo sc. excomunicacio et ‥ absolucio Wycl. Blasph. 97.  c 1252 sacerdotes ‥ sotularibus ‥ consuticiis aut ~atis minime utantur (Stat. Lond.) Conc. Syn. 646; 1346 botis ~atis Cap. Aug. 55; habent etiam sotulares ~atas in unius digiti longitudine que crakowes vocantur Eul. Hist. III 231; 1363 quidam botis ~atis ‥ in signum lascivie ‥ vestiuntur Doc. Eng. Black Monks II 66; 1374 sotularibus ~atis Cap. Aug. 70; 1462 deformes vestes ‥ aut sotulares nimium ~atos DCCant. p. 107a; cum †setularibus [l. sotularibus] dampnabiliter ~atis Herrison Abbr. Chr. 13. 3 (of ship, esp. warship) that has a beaked prow. 10‥ ~ata navis, i. barda WW; regia navis, aureis ~ata draconibus, armigeris repleta militibus Osb. Transl. Elph. 146; navem aureis ~atam draconibus W. Malm. GR V 410; navicule ‥ non ~ate, sed quasi rotunde Gir. DK I 17; ~ate maxime naves hostium plurime se Calisie presentarunt Liv. Hen. V f. 12b. 4 (in list of words). de moloso: ‥ obsceni, cancelli, ~ati Aldh. PR 118.