fenestration

[Lat. fen est ratus, pa. par. of fenestro.] *1. Ord. Lang.: The act of making or supplying with windows. 1806 and fenestrated ought, therefore, to be merely convertible terms; but as they are not, that of Colum nar fenestrated has been invented, to denote that mode of composition which unites fenestration with the semblance, at least, of the other. ( Weale .) *fe-nes'-tre (tre as tër), [O. Fr., from Latin fenestra ; Fr. fenêtre .] A window. (P. Plowman, 9,317.) fě něs-trûle, s. [Latin fenestrula , dim in. of fenestra=a window.] Zool.: A name given to the ovate interspaces formed by the intersecting branches of the cœncecium of polyzoa. *fěing, s . [FANG.] IMG:content-1546.jpg:[blocks in formation] fen-ģīte, s. [Cf. Gr. phengos=light, splendid in luster; suff. -ite ( Min.) (q. v.).] Min.: A species of transparent alabaster, sometimes used for windows Fe'-ni-an, s . & a . [Mod. Lat. Fenii ; Ir. Fionna , Fiona , pl. of Fion , Fian =a race of heroes celebrated in Irish mythical history. Moore calls them the famous Fianna Eirinn, or Militia of Erin, whose achievements formed so often the theme of our ancient romances and songs, and speaks of Fenian heroes and Fenian poems. Their leader was Finn, or Fiona Mac Cumhal, claimed also by the Scottish Celts, who called him Fingal, as in Fingal's Cave. In Gael. is also Fiann=a Fingalian, a giant. ( Moore : Hist . Ireland , pp. 135, 140, 141, .) The date of Finn Mac Cumhal has been fixed hypothetically at A. D. 213 to 253, but Mr. Skene believes that he and his organization belonged to an earlier Irish race than that which now inhabits Ireland.] A. A ubst . ( pl . ): An Irish secret society which was formed, it is believed, in March, 1858, in America by the refugees who cro ed the Atlantic after the unsucce ful outbreak of 1848, and had for its object the expulsion of the British Government, or even the Saxons from Ireland, and the conversion of that island into an independent republic. Its originator divided it into district clubs called circles, each with a president called a center; the whole organization being ruled over by a senate, over which a "head center" presided. Its members had to take an oath before being intrusted with its secrets. In January, 1864, they began to attract notice in Ireland, and the next year some of them were seized and imprisoned. Between 1865 and 1867 they made various outbreaks. In 1866 they captured a British ve el, and made a raid into Canada, but were defeated by the volunteers and censured by President Johnson. In 1867 they unsucce fully attempted an attack on Chester Castle in England, made other risings, and on December 13 blew in the wall of Clerkenwell prison, killing and wounding a number of innocent people living in the adjacent houses. A second Fenian raid into Canada took place in 1870, but was repelled by the militia. The basis for all the Fenian operations was America, where, in 1865, 600 Fenian representatives held a congre . First and last many Fenians were captured and imprisoned by the British Government, most of whom were after a time released. The organization seemed to become dormant about 1874, and various persons who had been connected with it joined the “ Invincibles," formed some years later for the purpose of a a inating government officers or others obnoxious to its members or its chiefs, but not much was known of this latter organization until the murder of Lord Cavendish called attention to them. [INVINCIBLE.] B. As adj .: Pertaining or relating to the brotherhood described under A.; as, a Fenian raid, a Fenian outbreak. Fēn'-i-an-işm, s. [Eng., ., Fenian ; -ism .] The principles or procedure of the Fenians (q. v.). *fe'-nix, *fe-nyx, s . [PHOENIX.] fěńks, s. [Etym. doubtful.] The refuse of whale blubber; it has been used in the manufacture of Pru ian blue.