Defn: Of or pertaining to Venice in Italy. Venetian blind, a blind for windows, doors, etc., made of thin slats, either fixed at a certain angle in the shutter, or movable, and in the latter case so disposed as to overlap each other when close, and to show a series of open spaces for the admission of air and light when in other positions. — Venetian carpet, an inexpensive carpet, used for passages and stairs, having a woolen warp which conceals the weft; the pattern is therefore commonly made up of simple stripes. — Venetian chalk, a white compact or steatite, used for marking on cloth, etc. — Venetian door (Arch.), a door having long, narrow windows or panes of glass on the sides. — Venetian glass, a kind of glass made by the Venetians, for decorative purposes, by the combination of pieces of glass of different colors fused together and wrought into various ornamental patterns. — Venetian red, a brownish red color, prepared from sulphate of iron; — called also scarlet ocher. — Venetian soap. See Castile soap, under Soap. — Venetian sumac (Bot.), a South European tree (Rhus Cotinus) which yields the yellow dyewood called fustet; — also called smoke tree. — Venetian window (Arch.), a window consisting of a main window with an arched head, having on each side a long and narrow window with a square head.
VENETIAN
Ve*ne"tian, n.
Defn: A native or inhabitant of Venice.
VENEW Ven"ew, n. Etym: [F. venue, lit., an arrival, from venir, p. p. venu, venue, to come. See Venue.]
Defn: A bout, or turn, as at fencing; a thrust; a hit; a veney.
[Obs.] Fuller.
VENEY
Ven"ey, n. Etym: [Cf. Venew or Visne.]
Defn: A bout; a thrust; a venew. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Three veneys for a dish of stewed prunes. Shak.
VENGE
Venge, v. t. Etym: [F. venger. See Vengeance.]
Defn: To avenge; to punish; to revenge. [Obs.] See Avenge, and
Revenge. Chaucer. "To venge me, as I may." Shak.
VENGEABLE
Venge"a*ble, a.