PER FOR AT A

(Lat.), n. f. Pu8r(pe2r)-fo2r-a(a3 )'tas. A perforated space. See Anterior perforated SPACE and Posterior perforated SPACE. PERFORATE, PERFORATED, adj's. Pu8r'fo2r-at, -e"d. Lat., perforatus (from per for are, to bore). Fr., perfore, perce. Pierced through, furnished with small holes; of the nostrils of a bird, without a eptum; of leaves, punctate with pellucid dots. [s. 236]