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A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra. Foramen of Monro (Anat.), the opening from each lateral into the third ventricle of the brain. -- Foramen of Winslow (Anat.), the opening connecting the sac of the omentum with the general cavity of the peritoneum.

Foundation. [Obs.] Chaucer.

: Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary; as, a fundamental truth; a fundamental axiom. The fundamental reasons of this war. Shak. Some fundamental antithesis in nature. Whewell. Fundamental bass (Mus.), the root note of a chord; a bass formed of the roots or fundamental tones of t…

y; originally; essentially; radically; at the foundation; in origin or constituents. "Fundamentally defective." Burke.

Endurance; pluck.

The grievance complained of; the substantial cause of the action; also, in general, the ground or essence of a complaint. Bouvier.

Any species of property that may be inherited; lands, tenements, anything corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed, that may descend to an heir. Blackstone.

A bad state; as, the intemperament of an ulcerated part. [R.] Harvey.

Interpretation. [Obs.] Milton.

An oath.

The condition or quality of being lame; as, the lameness of an excuse or an argument.

To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn. Jeremiah lamented for Josiah. 2 Chron. xxxv. 25. Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice. John xvi. 20.

Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance. "Lamentable eye." Spenser.

ailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning. In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping Matt. ii. 18.

Mourned for; bewailed. This humble praise,lamented shade ! receive. Pope.

One who laments.

See Lamantin.

Lamentation. Lamentings heard i' the air. Shak.

In a lamenting manner.

Slowly; in slow time.