venireman (venireman)

A man summoned under a venire facias for jury service. venison (ven'zn or ven'i-zn), n. [Formerly also ven's on; F. vena is on , venison, the flesh of the deer and boar, the principal objects of the chase, venatio (n-), hunting, also the product oduct of the chase, game, venari , hunt: see venation1 , of which venison is thus a doublet. For the form and the di yllabic pronunciation, cf. men is on, mens on, ult. manatio (n-).] 1. A beast or beasts of the chase, as deer and other large game. A theef of venysoun , that hath forlaft His likerousne e and al his olde craft, Can kepe a forest best of any man. Chaucer , Physician's Tale, 1. 83. "Come, kill [me] a ven's on , " said bold Robin Hood, "Come, kill me a good fat deer." Robin Hood and the Bishop of Here ford (Child's Ballads, [V. 294). IMG:content-1763.png:[blocks in formation] =Syn. 1 and 2. Venial, Excusable, Pardonable. Excus able and pardonable are applied to things small and great, but pardonable primarily applies to greater offenses, as pardoning is a more serious act than excusing. Excus. able may be applied where the offense is only in seeming. Venial applies to things actually done; the others may apply to infirmities and the like. Venial, by theolog i cal use, is often opposed, more or le clearly, to mortal. II. n. A venial sin or offense. It gently blanches over over the breaches of God's Law with the name of venials and favourable titles of diminu tion. Bp. Hall , Di uasive from Popery. cally, the flesh of animals of the deer tribe: now the common use of the word. Shall we go and kill us venison? Shak., As you Like it, ii. 1. 21. A fair ven's on past ye brought she out present lye. King and Miller of Mans field (Child's Ballads, VIII. 36). Thanks, my Lord, for your venison , for finer or fatter Never rang'd in a forest or smok'd in a platter. Goldsmith, Haunch of Venison. Fallow venison, the flesh of the fallow deer. - Red venison, the flesh of the red deer. Venison both red and fallow. Fuller, Pisgah Sight, I. v. § 2.