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VENALITY.
1656 BlOL'kt Glfissfigy., J'ertalitious, belonging to the sale
of men or children, or of ' or Venatical plesure in England, viz. a Forrest,
a Chase and a Park. 1887 Field 26 Feb. 267/1, I do not
know whether that vernal saint, Valentine, was venaticallyminded.
\%^\lbid. 11 March 345/1 Venatically workmanlike,
Vena'tion l. Now rare or Obs, Also 4
venacyon. [ad. L. vhtdtio, f, vendrl to hunt.
So F. venation {\venacion)^ It. venazione.'] The
action or occupation of hunting wild animals,
1386 Almanak 17 In December .. l^e son es in Capricorn,
forTEsau by venacyon lost hys fader benyson. 1610 (^uillim
Heraldry iv. xi. (1611) 217'l'he last of the foresaid Arts wee
reckoned to bee Venation, which Plato divideth into three
species,Hunting, Hawkingand Fishing, 1646 SirT. Browne
Pseud. F'p-^' viii.32 There are extant of his in Greeke, foure
bookes of Cynegeticks or venation. Ibid. vi. vi, At one
venation the King of Siam took four thousand Elephants.
2694 MoTTEUX Rabelais v. 249 Some in ferine Venation take
deUghl. x83a Frasers Mag. VI. 160 What sumphs all the
ancients were in venation, notwithstanding their boasted
prowess
Venation ^ (vrn^^'Jan), [f. L. vena Vein j^.]
f- 1. The arrangement or structure of sap-vessels
in plants. Obsr^
X&46 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iir. i. 106 As for the
manner of their venation, ..we shall find it to be otherwise
then as is commonly presumed, by sawing away of trees.
2, a. Bot. The arrangement of the veins in the
leaves of plants.
1830 LiNDi.EV Nat, Syst, Bot. Introd. p. xxii, Many other
orders are distinguished without exception by modifications
of venation. 1851 G. F. Richardson Geol. viu 170 In leaves
we can rarely recognise, in a fossil state, more than their
mode of venation, division, arrangement, and outline. 1890
Science Gossip XXVI. 181, I took a specimen.. with six
welWeveloped leaves, the venation being very distinct.
b. Ent. The arrangement of the veins in the
wings of insects.
x86i-s Le Conte Classi/.Coleaptera N. Amer. i. Introd.
p, xviii. The venation is subject to variation in different
genera. 1891 .Science Gossip XXVII, 53 The venation in
many genera [of the Nematocera] varies in the relative
lengths of some of the veins and their respective positions.
Hence Vena'tional a., of or relating to venation.
1891 in Cent. Diet.
Vena'tions, a. 'rare-^. [f. L. vendi; ppl.
stem of vendrl to hunt.] Inclined to hunting.
1660 R.CoKE Justice Vintl.fArts «V Sci. 22 Take a Hare,
Dear, or Fox, &c. and let them be kept among Hounds in
their kennel, or so that the venaiious appetite of them is
not excited, and they will not meddle with them.
Vena*tOr. rare. [a. L. vendto", agent-noun f,
Vendri to hunt.] A hunter or huntsman.
1656 Blount Glossogr.y Venator^ a hunter or huntsman.
X831 J. Tavlor in Edwards Freedom o/iVHl I ntrod. p. Ixviii,
It oy no means appears that the little unlicensed venator
SDvariably directs bis flight towards the nearest or the bestfed
gnaC
90
Venatorial (venatosTial), a. [f. L. vendtori"
us (see Venatoby a.) + -al.]
1. Connected with hunting.
1830 Preiser's Mag. II. 200 What are your sylvan or venatorial
exploits compared to the high games enacted in the
broad prairies? 1848 Jilackiv. Alag. LXIV. 85 The most
northerly tribe, .surpass their southern neighbours in venatorial
skill. x87a CoUKs Birds N.-W. 365 The contrast
between the physiq_ue of Rough-legged Hawks and their
venatorial exploits, is striking.
2. Given to hunting ; addicted to the chase.
a 1881 Blackie LaySerm. i. 52 The migrations of a tropical
bird, or the nosings of a venatorial hound. 1885 Meredith
Diana i. Her main personal experience was in the
social class which is primitively venatorial still, canine
under its polish.
So t Tenato'rioas a. Obs. rarr~°.
1656 Bloukt Glossogr.f Venatorious^ belonging to hunting
and chasing, serving for that game,
Venatory (ve'natsri), a. [ad. L. vendtori-us,
f. venal-, ppl. stem of vendrT to hunt : see -OBY.]
= Venatorial a.
1837 Carlyle Misc. Ess., Mirabeau, Man being a venatory
creature. 1837 — Fr. Rev. iii. vii. v, The venatory
Attorney-spirit wmch keeps its eye on the bond only. X846
Blachiv. Mag. LX. 393 Regarding deer-stalking—a branch
of the art venatory which few have the opportunity to study.
Vench, obe. Sc. form of Wench sb.
t Vencue, v. Obs. rare. In 4 vonku, 5 vencu.
[a. OK. veneUi pa. pple. olveintre: see Vanquish
z/.] trans. To vanquish, subdue.
13.. Seuyn Sages (W.) 2024 He ne mighte.-in batail
spede, That he ne was euer more biwraid, Ouercomen,
venkud, and bitraid. c 1400 Laud Troy Bk. 13240 Withoute
his help & his vertu We schal these other sone vencu.
Vencus(e,-cuaho, etc., obs. varr. Vanquish «/.
Vend, sb. [f. Vend v. Cf. Vent sb.^
^
1. Sale ; opportunity of selling.
1618 in Foster Eng. Factories Ind. (1906) I. 42 This place
never yet. .gave vend to any quantety of our commodity.
x68i R. Knox Hist. Ceylon 32 Neither have they any encouragement
for their industry, having no Vend by Traffic
and Commerce for what they have got. 1695 Kesnett Par.
Antiq, ix. 510 This Market is of great resort, and a good
vend for all Country Commodities. 1727 A. Hamilton Nciv
Ace. E. Ind. II. xlvi. 152 Pepper is planted for Export, but
not above 300 I'uns in a Year, because they want Vend for
more. 1748 Richardsom Clarissa (1811) IV. 165 There is a
person. .who is a great dealer in Indian silks,. .and has a
great vend for them. 18x8 Colebbouke Import Colonial
Corn 60 Corn is stored . . and kept for years . . m expectation
of a future vend and a less glutted market.
2. Spec. Sale of coals from a colliery; the total
athount sold during a certain period.
1708 J. C. Compl. Collier (1845) 17 This I think is shameful
for Owners, who striving to get all the Trade to themselves,
or Xo have a Major Part of Vend, will fall out among
themselves. 1703 [Earl Dundonald] Descr. Estate Culross
59 Sir Archibald had better have contented himself with a
more limited vend at a greater price. 1834 M^Culloch
Diet. Commerce (ed. 2) 289 The annual vend of coals carried
coastwise from Durham and Northumberland is 3,300,000
tons. 1858 SiMMONDs Diet. Trade, Vend, . . the whole
quantity of coal sent from a colliery in the year. 1893
Neasham North-country Sk. 28 By agreement, .they were
limited to an annual vend, of 12,000 chaldrons.
Vend (vend), V. [ad. F. vettdre — ( It. vendere,
Sp. and Pg. vender) or L. vend^re to sell ; but in
senses 3 and 4 app. substituted for Vent 2^.2 4 and
5, through association of this with Vent z;.-^]
1, intr. To be disposed of by sale; to tind a
market or purchaser.
x6s3 in Foster Eng. Fe^tories India (1008) 11. 46 Course
and fine pursleene . . which vend both slowfye and at cheape
rates. 1640 in Rushw. Hist. Coll. iii. {1692) I, 96 Whereby
Wool, the great Staple of the Kingdom, is become of small
value, and vends not. 1689 Hickeringill Modest Inquiries
V. 32 No Books vend so nimbly, as those that are sold (by
.Stealth as it were) and want Imprimaturs. 1768 Franklin
Ess. Wks. 1840 II. 371 If our manufactures are too dear
they will not vend abroad,
2. trans. To sell ; to dispose of by sale ; to trade
in as a seller.
1651 N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. ir. vii. 70 No Nation
can be rich that receives more dead Commodities from
abroad, then it can spend at home, or vend into Forrain
parts. ^ 1673 Ray Journ. Lmv C. ^-^g Formerly all the Silk
made in Sicily was vended at Messina. 1727 A. Hamilton
Neiv Ace. E. Ind. II. xxiii. 124 The Company vends a
great Deal of Cloth and Ophium there, and brings Golddust
in Return. 1769 Robertson Chas. V, vi. Wks. 1851
IV. 153 They opened warehouses in different parts of
Europe, in which they vended their commodities. 1807
Vancouver Agric, Devon (1813) 224 The produce of these
small dairies is generally vended at Plymouth. 1840
Thackeray Shabhygenteel Story vii, Fishmongers who
never sold a fish, mercers who vended not a yard of riband.
1879 Echo No. 3374. 2/5 A license or patent to sell no
matter what, includes the right to vend books and newspapers.
d. Jig. To give utterance to, to put forward,
advance (an opinion, etc.).
J657 North's Plutarch Add. Lives (1676) 7 Doubtless
muny have heard some Coridons, or Mechanick fellows..
vending their judgements on him whose Effigies or Portraiture
is here represented. 1673 Cave Prim. Chr. m. v. 364
This uncomfortable Doctrine was if not first coined yet
mainly vended by the Novatian Party, 1715 Brntlev Serm.
X. 369 He that zealously vends his Novelties, what is he
but a Trader for the fame of Singularity? X718 Freethinker
No. 26, To incite the Men of Scholarship and Capacity to
traffick together in Truths ; and never to vend Falshoods
of any kind to the Vulgar. 1799 Mrs. West Taleo/Times
VENDEE.
III. 387 The most fashionable, and perhaps most successful,
way of vending pernicious sentiments has been through the
medium of books of entertainment. 1846 G. S. Faber Lett.
Tractar. Secess. 126 Those requisite proofs of a fact, which
convict him and Mr. Ward of having.. vended a double
falsehood. 1907 P. T. Forsyth Positive Preaching iii. loi
He is not free to vend in his pulpit the extravagances of an
eccentric individualism.
t4. To j^ive vent to, to direct. Ohs.
1681 HiCKERiNCiLL Block Non.Conf. v. Wks. 1716 II. 49
If they will be angry, they should vend their spleen against
the said wickedness of their Under -Officers.
Vend, southern ME. var. Fiend ; var. Wend sb. ;
obs. f. Wend v. ; obs. Sc. f. Wind sb. and weened
Ween v.
Ve'Xidabley a. Now rare. [a. OF. vendable,
f. vendre to sell, or (in later use) directly f. Vend
V. + -ABLE.] = Vendible a.
c 1400 Rom. Rose 5804 But chaunged is this world unstable
; For love is over alle vendable. 1474 Caxton Chesse
iti. iv. (1883) 112 Salustcsaith that alle thynges be vendable.
c 1580 W. Spelman Dialoge {1896) 4 He to returne to
me such goodes, as I thought to be vendable in Inglond.
i66s J. Bargrave Pope Alex, VII (1867) 90 He courted a
long time the Barberini . . to be made clerk of the aposiolick
chamlwr, he being very rich (and that a vendable honour).
1688 Holme Annoury 111. 2^2/-z The Axe and Cleever are
used to cut the quarter of Beasts into smaller and more
vendable pieces. 1893 Advance (Chicago) 21 Sept., The
vendable commodities of the United States have fallen in
price in 20 years more than 45 per cent.
Vendace (ve-ndes). Also 8 vangis, 9 vendis,
vendise. [app. ad. OF. vendese, vendoise (mod.F.
vandoise) dace.] a. A species of small freshwater
fish {Coregonus vandesius) belonging to the same
genus as the poUan and powan or gwyniad, found
in the lake of Lochmaben in Scotland, b. A
closely-allied species {Coregonus gracilior) found
in Derwentwater, formerly identified with the
preceding,
[1684 SiBBALD Scotia Illustrata II. n. 26 PiscJs in Lacu
Mabano, Vandesius. In eodem Lacu Gevandesiu>.] 1769
Pennant Brit. Zool. III. 268 It [the gwiniad] is the same
with the Ferra of the lake of Geneva, the Schelley of Hulsewater,
the Pollen of Lough Neagh, and the Vangis and
Juvangis of Loch Mabon, 1777 — in Lightfoot Flora Scot.
(1789) I. 61 Guiniad. Found in Loch-Mabon ; called in those
parts the Vendace, and Juvangis; and in Loch-Lomond,
where it is called the Poan. 1805 J'orsvth Beauties Scotl.
II. 272 There is one [fish] that, from every information that
can be obtained, is peculiar to that loch (Castle Loch]. ..It
is called the Vendise or Vendace. x8zo Scott Abbot xxiv,
Herlings, which frequent the Nith, and vendisses, which
are only found in the Castle-Loch of Lochmaben. 1856
' Stonehrnge ' Brit, Rur. Sports ^2^/1 The Vendace {Coregonus
Albula), found also in the Scotch lakes. 1884 Braithwaite
Salmonidx Westmld, \\, 5 'I'he vendace or vendis
and the smelt, or sparling.
attrib. 1867 Chambers's Eucycl, IX. 744/1 Vendace-fishing
at Lochmaben takes place only on thfe ist of August each
year. 1883 Fisheries Exhib. Catal, 366 Vendace Nets,
from I^ke Wetter. Ibid. 372 Gwyniad Roc,. .Vendace Roe.
t Vendagfe. Obs. Also vind-, vyndage. [ad.
OK. vendange (also mod.F,), veftdenge •.'-l^, vindemia.'\
Vintage.
a. 1377 Langl. p. pi. B. xvni. 367 May no dr>'nke me
moiste ne my thruste slake, Tyl J>e vendage falle in l>e
vale of iosepnath. 1388 Wvclif 2 Esdras x. 37 The firste
fruytes. .of vendage, and of oile. 14.. Ftv. in Wr.-Wiilcker
6ig Vindemix [sic], vendage.
p. 138a WvcLiF Lev. XXV. 5 Grapes of thi first fruytis and
vyndage thou shalt not gedere. c 1440 Palladius on Husb.
I. 134 Kitte hem streit aftir thi good vyndage. Ibid. x. 114
This mone in placis warme & nygh the see, Vyndage is
hugely to solempnyse.
vende, southern ME. variant of Fiend sb.
Vendean (vendz'an), sb. and a. Also Vend^an.
[f K. Vendue, the nnme of a maritime
department in western France.]
A. sb. An inhabitant of La Vendue, esp. one
who took part in the insurrection of 1 793 against
the Republic.
1796 CiTw//. Mag. May 407 The Vendeans are extraordinary
men. 1837 Alison /^/j/, £"«rfj^^(i847)IlI.326TheVendeans
were in that stage of society when ascendancy is acquired
by personal daring. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 201/1 The
unhappy Vendeans..were defeated with fearful loss. 1903
W. Bright Age 0/ Fathers I. xii. 244 The experience of a
fugitive Jacobite or Vendean.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to La Vendee, esp. in
connexion with the insurrection of 1793.
X796 Gentl. Mag, May 408/ 1 The Vendean generals. Ibid,
412/1 The History of the Vendean War. 1839 tr. Lantnrtine's
Trav. 149/1 The west.. would have been organised
once more into Vendean guerillas. 1848 W. H. Kellv tr.
L. Blanc's Hist. Ten Y. II. 86 The Vendean insurrection
had been combated by means neither suggested nor directed
by the executive. 1911 Edin. Ret>. Oct, 319 The Breton
and Vendean royalists were still formidable.
Ve'nded, ppL a. [f. Vend v^ Sold.
x8is Crabbe Tales Tils. 116 Suppose .. your vended numbers
rise Ihe same with those which gain each real prize.
Vendee (vendr). [f. Vend v. + --e.z.'\ The
person to whom a thing is sold ; the purchaser.
Most frequently in immediate contrast to z'endor,
1547 Act r Edw. VI, c. 3 § 8 Such Lessee, donee, \-endee,
or assignee. 1504 West 2nd Pt. Symbol. § 59 If the writ
of covenant be brought against all the vendors by all the
vendees. X631 Star Chamber Cases (Camden) 117 The
Vendee cannott get leave to cutt these trees by any meanes,
but the partie must sell the trees to him. 1670 R. Coke
Discourse Trade 19 Vexatious Suits between Vendor and