venturesome (ventursum)

[ That bold and venturesome act of his. Strype, Eccles. Mem., Henry VIII., an. 1546. But for the chance preservation of the word in Latin, it might seem venturesome to make Spanish explain Umbrian. Amer . Jour . Philol ., VI. 244. venturesomely (ven'tūr-sum-li), adv . In a venturesome or bold or daring manner. venturesomene (ven'tur-sum-nes), n. The property of being venturesome. Jeffrey. venturine (ven'tūr-in), n. Same as aventurin . 2. Specifically, a scheme for making gain by venturous (ven'tur-us), a. [By apheresis from Generydes (E. E. T. S.), l. 1522. To desperate ventures and a ured destruction. Shak., Rich. III., v. 3. 319. way of trade; a commercial speculation. I, in this venture, double gains pursue, And laid out all my stock to purchase you. Dryden . 3. The thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; particularly, something sent to sea in trade. My ventures are not in one bottom trusted. Shak ., M. of V., i. 1. 42. Fletcher, Beggars' Bush, v. 2. Certainly Aris toph anes had no Venture at Sea, or else must think the Trident signified but very little. J. Collier , Short View (ed. 1698), p. 39. 4. Chance; hap; contingency; luck; an event that is not or cannot be foreseen. May every merchant here see safe his ventures! a venturous, adventurous.] Daring; bold; hardy; fearle ; intrepid; adventurous. I have a venturous fairy that shall seek the squirrel's hoard, and fetch thee new nuts. Shak., M. N. D., iv. 1. 39. Pray you, demand him why he is so venturous , To pre thus to my chamber, being forbidden. B. Jonson, Cat i line, ii. 1. venturously (ven'tūr-us-li), adv . In a venturous manner; daringly; fearle ly; boldly; intrepidly. Captain Standish and Isaac Alderton went venturously , who were welcomed of him after their manner. Mourt's Journal , quoted in N. Morton's New England's [Memorial, App., p. 355. venturousne (ven'tūr-us-nes), n . The quality of being venturous; boldne ; hardine ; fearle ne ; intrepidity. Boyle. ventusingt, n. Cupping. See ventouse . vent-wire (vent'wir), n. In founding , a long Earl of Oxford (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 599). steel wire used to make vent-holes in green and Yef thow haddest do alle the gode dedes of the worlde, and thyn ende were euell, thow were in a venture all for to lese. Venture hath place in love. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 93. At a venture, at hazard; without seeing the end or mark, or without foreseeing the i ue; at random. So fourth she went and left all other thing, At a venture your welefare for to see. Generydes (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1238. dry sand-molds, to provide an escape for the gases evolved in the proce of casting. It is made with a bow at one end, and a sharp point at the other. E. H. Knight. IMG:content-1774.png:[blocks in formation] I've breath enough To give your perfumed worship three venues . Middle ton, Mas singer , and Rowley , Old Law, iii. 2. venue2 (ven'ū), n. [A particular use of venuel ( venue , arrival, resort), appar. confused with OF. visne (cf. ML. visnetum , vic in it us ), neighborhood, venue, vicinia , neighborhood, vicinage, vicinus , neighboring: see vicine , vicinity.] In law : (a) The place or neighborhood of a crime or cause of action; in modern times, the county or corresponding division within which in consequence the jury must be gathered and the cause tried. (b) The statement, usually at the top or in the margin, of an indictment or declaration of complaint, indicating the county for trial. (c) A similar statement in an affidavit indicating the place where it was taken and the oath was administered. - Change of venue, change of place of trial. - Local venue, a venue in a case where the facts show that the action must be local, as an action to recover real property. - To lay the venue. See lay1.-Transitory venue, a venue that is changeable or optional because the cause of action is not local. venula (ven'ū-lä), n.; pl. venulæ (-lē). [L.: see venule.] A small vein; a veinlet or veinule. venule (ven'ūl), n. [L. venula, dim. of vena, a vein: see vein.] A small vein; a veinlet; in entom., same as nervule.