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VENOMBR.
14*5 tr. ArtUmi's Trrat. Fistula, etc. 79 Also vitriol
combuste be itself or with salt cumbuste yputte vpjn a
veoemyd wonde drawei> t>e \'enyni fro bynep vnto aboue.
1597 A.M. tr. GntiUmtari''s Fr. Ckirurg. a, 2 Some woundcs
are of a worser nature, as beinge venoumede, rebellious and
entermingled with some badde accideiites. 1805 Scott
Last Minstrel vi. ix. The venom'd wound . . Long after rued
that bodkin's point. 1870 Bryant Iliad \\. I. ^\ A venonied
wound Made by a serpentV fangs.
c. Of a bite, sting, etc. Alsoyf^.
i6u Marston Aut. ff MeL iv. Wks. 1S56 I. 53 We have
breasts of proofe Gainst all the venom'd sting-, of misery.
1697 Dryden Virg. Gtorg. 11. 522 The greedy Flocks;
Their venom'd Bite, and Scars inde iied on the Stocks.
1765 GoLosM. New Simile 48 Ihe serpents round about it
twin'd, Denote the rage with which he writes, His frothy
sla\-er, venom'd bites. i8ia S. Rogers Ep. to Friend 4
When, thy curious mind Has class'd the insect-tribes of
human-kind. Each with its busy hum,.. Its subtle web-work,
or its venom'd sting. i8aa Jodrkll Persian Heroine 11.
ii. 738 How sharp thy venom d sting is, O Remorse ! 1903
Briix^es H^in/ry Delights 377 All the venom'd stings And
dread stiarpnesses of fury.
3. Jig. Iinbueii with some virulent or malevolent
quality; harmful or injurioui in some way; noxious;
= Envexomed ///. a. 2,
r 137S Sc. Leg. Saints 1. {Katkerinf) 222 Gyf J>ou had
mycnt, me think J)u wald with venemyt slycht, lak ws in
gyrne dissatfully. 138a Wvclif yosk. Prol., To reproue
wiih venymyd tonge. 1435 Misyn Fire ofLe bitiur bondc Of ^e mortall enmye, l?at
vemynousseserpente. 01548 Hall Chron., Hen. IV, ^^The
Earle of Northumberland, .bare still a venemous scorpion
in his cankered heart. Ibid., Hen. P'l, 16^ Tiiat venemous
worme, that dreadfull dragon, called disdain of superioritie.
01578 LiNDESAV (Pitscotiiei Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) 11. 239
The Devill,. .that wicked and venimus serpent qubo gois
about to sie quhome he may catch.
4. fig. Having the virulence of venom ; rancorous,
spiteful, malignant, virulent; embittered, envetiomed.
a 1340 Hampolf Psalter x. 2 pai haf redy in liaire hertis
venymouse wordis and sharpe. Ihid. xxviii. 8 paim..J)at
. .puttis away venomus tongjs. 1340 Ayenb. 27 pe venimouse
herte of l>eeiiuiouse2ene3e>generalliche. c 1400 Rom. Rose
5528 With tonge woundyng, as feloun, 'I'huriih venemous
dctraccioun. a 1450 Kfit. de la Tour {i868j 56 It is not good
to . . take sodeyne acqueintaunce that hathe the herte of faire
speche, for sum tyme her speche is deseyuable and venomous.
C1489 Caxion Blanchardyn Ii, 196 The venymouse
malyce of the false tiaytoure Subyon. 1555 Eden Decades
(Arb.) 52 I'o speake venemous WQordes. .ageynst the annoynted
of god. 1588 Shaks. Titus Andron. v. iii. 13 Ihe
Venemous Mallice of my swelling heart. 1648 Hexham
II, Feenijnighlickt venommously, spightfully, or [withl a
venomous envy, a 17*1 Prior Session of Poets 36 That
with very much Wit he no anger exprest Nor sharpen'd his
Verse with a Venemous Jest. 1737 Gentl. Mag. VII. 623/2
One R. C.sent me venemous Libels against the Great
Man. 1857 Palcrave Hist, Nonnandy