Venom

Webster's Practical Dictionary- A Practical Dictionary of the Englih Language · 1884 · p. 497

ven'um, n. Matter fatal or injurious to life; poison; spite; malice; malignity. — Ven'omous, -us, a. Full of venom; noxious to animal life; poisonous; noxious; mischievous; malignant; spiteful. — Venena'tion, n. Act of poisoning; poison; venom. Venous. See under Vein.