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VENOMOUSNESS. 103 VENT.
47 The serpent namyd jaciilus, . . Qwat that he vppon fallyth,
so venymiisly he doth yt smyght, That forthwith yl deyth,
1591 pKHCivALL Sp. Oict.i Chincht", a worme that in hot
countries lieth about beds, and biteth venemously. Cimex.
1605SHAKS. /.rariv.iii. 48 iQ.), 'Ihese things sting hi-imind,
So venomously that burning shame detaines him from Cordelia.
1652 Gaule Magastrom. 360 He . . put his hand into
the hole, and had it most venomously bitten by a poysonous
serpent. 1687 Dbyden Hind ^^- m. 117a His praise of
Foes is venomously Nice. 1868 Farrar Seekers i. ii. (1875)
34 'J'hese facts are surely .--ufificient to refute, .those gross
charges against the private character of Seneca, venomously
retailed by a jealous Greekling. i88o Mrs. Forrester Roy
(5" K. III. 134 'Oh, yes,' he cried venomously, 'you look
very innocent'. 1898 J. Arch Story Life xvi. 385 The
Union.. was venomously assailed by m»n who up till then
had declared they were its best friends.
Ve'iiomousness. [f. e vlcus be virulent, J»at is
t3 seic venemi \v.r, venemy), loke if ^>at J»e venym l>at goiJ>
out be redisth or ^elowisch. 1594 Carew Tasso (1881) 74
Ruddy his eyes and plaguefull venomy. a 1849 Mancan
Poems (1850) 394 Except the haie that persecutes him
Nothing hath cruder venomy might,
tVeno'sal, a> Obsr~^ [f.L.2;f/«Jj-Kj: see next.]
Venose, venous.
i6ai BuRTt^M Anat. Mel. i. i. 11. iv, His. .office is to coole
the Heart, by sending aire vnto it, by the Venosall Artery.
Venose (v/nJo-si, a. [ad. L. venoS'US (whence
also it.,Sp., Pg. venoso), i.vetiaymv sb."] Venous;
spec, in Bot. and Ent, (seequots.)x66x
LovELL Hist. Anim. ^ Min. 321 The short vessels
arterioat his flessh venqueth most haue t>e prys.
Venqueresse : see Vainqueress. Obs,
Venques, -quia, etc, obs. ff. Vanquish v.
Venson.Ven'son, Vensoun,obs.ff. Venison.
Vent (vent), sb.^ Also 5 ventte, 5-6 vent6.
[Variant of Fent sb^
1, An opening or slit in a garment, « Fent sb. 1 ;
now spec, the slit in the back of a coat.
c X430 Pilgr. LyfManhode iv. Iviii. (i86g) 203 She hadde
. .drawen out hire oon brest bi |>c vente of hire cote. 1459,
11x500 [sec Fent i^. i). 1535 in Archeteologia IX. 244 .\
dublette ; . .the ventes lyned with sarcenette. a 1548 H all
Chron., Hen, Vlll, 207b, Twoo gounes;..the capes and
ventes were of freltes of whipped gold of damaslcc very
riche. 1587 Holinshed Ckron. (ed. 2) III. 820/1 The
trappers of the coursers were mantell harnesse couipened,
and in euerie vent a long bell of fine gold in bullion. 1828
Carr Craven Gloss., Vent, the opening of the breast of a
shirt, or of the sleeve, etc. 185X Mavne Kkxo Sca/p-H unters
vii. 55 Dark-velvet embroidery around the vent and along
the borders. 1906 Daily Chron. 4 Oct. 3/4 The vent is
necessary . .owing to the length of the coat.
t2. = Crenel t. Obs.
X4a9 in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) H. 445 Item
venttes crest xij fott et di., v». Ibid,, Item pro xij pedibus de
ventes pro enbatylment'.v*. ij*. xjs* in Bayley ^«/. Tarver
(1821) p. xvii, -Also fynnysshed and made the vents of brycks
of the White Tower. 1370-6 Lambarde /Vrawd. AV«/(i596)
434 Kerne!Iare..signi6eth that indented forme of the top
of a Wall which hathc Vent, and Creast, commonly called
Embatteling. 1603 B. Josson A'. Jas.'s Entertainm, Wks.
(i6i6i 84^ The Scene presented it selfe in a square and flat
vpright, like to the side of a Citie: the top thereof, aboue
the Vent, and Crest, adorn'd with houses, towrcs, and
steeples.
Vent (vent), sb.'i' [Partly a, F. vent ( =* It., Pg.
vento, Sp. viento') :—L. venttts wind ; partly ad. F.
^ent (OF. esveni), vbl. sb. from henter Event x'.Z]
1, 1, The action of emitting or discharging;
emission or discharge i?/* something; utterance^
words. 7'are.
X508 Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen 166, I sail ihe venome
devoid with a vent large, And me assuage of the swalme,
that suellit wes gret. 159a Shaks. Ven. 9f Ad. 334 Free
vent of words love's fire doth assu.-ige. i6a6 Daniel Hist,
Ene. Wks. (Grosart) IV. 95 By this immoderate vent, both
of tne Garrisons, and the ablest people of the Land hee disfurnisht
and left it in that impotencie.
t b. To make vent of, to speak or talk of. Obsr^'^
160X Shaks. AlCs IVeil n. iii. 213 Thou didst make
tollerable vent of thy trauell.
2. The action, usually on the part of something
confined or pent up in a comparatively small space,
of escaping, or passing out ; means, power, or
opportitnity to do this; issue, outlet. Chiefly in
phrases with verbs, as to find, ^i^etj have, 7nake, take^
or want vent. (Cf. senses 4 and 5.)
X558 Warde tr. Alexis' Seer. (1568) 12b, Slop well the
said violle, that nothing maie take vent. 1594 Nashe
Unfort. Trav. Wks. (Grosart) V. 121 Ye tail of the siluer
pipe sttetcht itselfe into the mouth of a great paire of
bclowse, where it was clo^e soldered, and bailde about with
yron, [that] it coulde not stirre or hane anie vent betwixt.
1605 Sylvestkr Dh Bartas u. iii. Fathers 293 New Wine
..wanting vent. Blows -up the Bung, or doth the vessell
rent. 165a French Yorkshire Spa 11. 18 By reason of the
Suns opening the earth, and makmg vent. 1684 Contempl.
St. Man ii. vi. (1699) 196 That Fire of Sulphur, being pent
in without vent or respiration, shall send forth a poysonous
scent. 1703 Art