Fend
(Fend), v. i. To act on the defensive, or in opposition; to resist; to parry; to shift off.
The dexterous management of terms, and being able to fend . . . with them, passes for a great part of
learning.
Locke. Fender
(Fen"der) n. [From Fend, v. t. & i., cf. Defender.] One who or that which defends or protects
by warding off harm; as: (a) A screen to prevent coals or sparks of an open fire from escaping to the
floor. (b) Anything serving as a cushion to lessen the shock when a vessel comes in contact with another
vessel or a wharf. (c) A screen to protect a carriage from mud thrown off the wheels: also, a splashboard.
(d) Anything set up to protect an exposed angle, as of a house, from damage by carriage wheels.
Fendliche
(Fend"liche) a. Fiendlike. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Fenerate
(Fen"er*ate) v. i. [L. faeneratus, p. p. of faenerari lend on interest, fr. faenus interest.] To
put money to usury; to lend on interest. [Obs.] Cockeram.
Feneration
(Fen`er*a"tion) n. [L. faeneratio.] The act of fenerating; interest. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Fenes-tella
(||Fen`es-tel"la) n. [L., dim. of fenestra window.] (Arch.) Any small windowlike opening or
recess, esp. one to show the relics within an altar, or the like.
Fenestra
(||Fe*nes"tra) n.; pl. Fenestræ [L., a window.] (Anat.) A small opening; esp., one of the apertures,
closed by membranes, between the tympanum and internal ear.
Fenestral
(Fe*nes"tral) a. [L. fenestra a window.]
1. (Arch.) Pertaining to a window or to windows.
2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a fenestra.
Fenestral
(Fe*nes"tral), n. (Arch.) A casement or window sash, closed with cloth or paper instead of
glass. Weale.
