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VENE.
PiNCKARD Tour IV. ThHus II. 325 A Dutch ' vendue ' of
slaves, 1836 Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. ^xvu, Is it a vandew,
or a weddin,..or what is il? 1897 W. D. Howells
LwuUard at Lions Head 6 [To] have a vendue, and sell
out evwything before the snow flew.
2. aitrib. and Comk, as vendu^-crier, master
room, store,
17x0 S.Carolitta Stat, (1837) II. 348 The person herein
after appointed publtck vendue master, or his deputy. 1761
Descr.S. Carolina 33 There is also.. a Receiver-general of
the Quit-rents, a Vendue Master, and Naval OtTicer. 1798
Bays Ref. (1809) I. 103 The goods were in a vendue store,
a common market, a public place known and established in
law. 1799 The Aurora (Philad.) 10 Apr. (Thornton), By
profession he is a vendue crier. He said he would cry the
\-«ndue in spite of the Standing Army. i8a8 Life Planter
Jat$taica 180 Marly entered the vendue room. x8s8-3a
Webster, yendue-master^..»J\ auctioneer.
t Vene- Obs. rare. [ad. L. vena:\ A vein.
x6o6 J. Carpenter Solomons Solace xxxiv. 139 The Sea,,
powreth foorth in venes to fill the springs and receiueth it
againe from the Riuers. i6