venery1 (veneri)

[Early mod. E. also ven erie; 6718 In a Quinsey he [Aretæus] used Venesection , and allow'd the Blood to flow till the Patient was ready to faint away. Med . Dict . (1745), quoted in Harper's Mag., LXXX. 440. It is now well understood that spoliative venesection would be the sure forerunner of disaster to the patient. J. M. Car no chan , Operative Surgery, p. 88. Venesection bandage, a simple figure-of-eight bandage applied about the elbow after venesection at this point. Venetian (vē-nē'shan), a. and n. [Early mod. E. also Venitian, as a noun (def. 2) venytyons; The land of the old Veneti bore the Venetian name ages before the city of Venice was in being. E. A. Freeman, Venice, p. 4. A composition neither Byzantine nor Romanesque, unexampled hitherto, only to be called Venetian . vengeance See turpentine and larch. - Venetian window. See win dow. II. n. 1. A native of Venice.-21. [l. c.] pl . A particular fashion of hose or breeches reaching below the knee, originally brought from Venice: same as galligaskins , 1. Item for a ell half of brod taffaty to make him a dublet and venytyons . 12 Sh. Wardship of Rich . Fermor (1586). 3. A Venetian blind. [Colloq.] There is not a single pane of gla in the town, badly closing venetians being the only means of shutting up the windows. E. Sartorius , In the Soudan, p. 102. 4. pl. A heavy kind of tape or braid made for Venetian blinds, to hold the slats in place. - 5. Same as domino, 2. I then put off my sword, and put on my Venetian or domino, and entered the bal masqué. The Century , XLII. 283. Venetianed (vē-nē'shand), a. [ Venetian + -ed2.] Furnished with Venetian blinds: as, a Venetianed window. The bookcase stood immediately in front of a double venetianed door. R. Hodgson, Proc. Soc. Psych. Research, III. 256. Venetian architecture, Venetian Gothic, the style of veneur (ve-ner'), n. [ C. E. Norton, Church-building in Middle Ages, p. 53. medieval architecture elaborated in Venice between the twelfth and the early part and curves of great refinement. The most splendid ex- ample of the style is the famous Ducal Palace. Like all Italian Pointed architecture-the so-called Italian Gothic - the merits of the style lie chiefly in external design; the Italians never sought to master the admirable theory of arched and vaulted construction securing stability by balance of opposed pre ures, which was elaborated by northern medieval architects, and raises their architec- ture to the highest place in the history of the art. Vene- An outrydere that loved venerye. Chaucer , Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 166. tian architecture is noteworthy for its lavish use of color We'll make this hunting of the witch as famous As any other blast of venery . B. Jonson , Sad Shepherd, ii. 2. The right of pursuing and taking all beasts of chase or venary .. was... held to belong to the king. Black stone, Com., II. xxvii. 21. Beasts of the chase; game. 3t. A kennel for hunting-dogs. The venery, where the beagles and hounds were kept. Urquhart, tr. of Rabelais, i. 55. ( Davies.)