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VENESECTOR. 96 VENGB.
Scene is renewed.. after as many successive venesections.
1845 G. E. Day Simon's Anim. Chan, I. 248 The three
following tables show the mean results of the first, second,
and third venesections. 1876 tr. Wagner's Gen,\PatM. 2
Change in the fibrin after frequent venesections.
Venesector. ranr~'^, [Cf. Vexesect v.'] One
who practises venesection ; a blood-letter,
1890 Cc>snwfciiia>t June 139 Our barber also acts as venesector.
Venesion, obs. form of Venetian,
Vene80(u)n, -sun, obs. forms of Venison.
tVenet, at is water coloure.
«ii66i HoLYDAY Jnveual 226 Vegetius..says that ships,
which are sent out as spies, should have their sails of the
vcnet colour, that they may not be discerned by the enemies.
Venet, obs. form of Vignette.
fVene'tia. Obs.~-^ -= Venetian j^. 2.
1579 G. Harvey Letter'Bk. (Camden) 72 Eloquence, if a
man had it, were more worth then.. a payer of tatterid
venetias in his presse.
Venetian (v/hrjan), sh. and a. Forms : a.
5
Venycyen,Venecien, 6Veuesien, ^. 5-6Venecian,
6 -ycian, -esyan, -etyan, 7- Venetian
5 Venicyan, 7, 9 Venitian. 7. 6 Venytyon,
Venyscyon, Venecyon, Venesion, 8 Venition.
[ad. med.L, Veneiian-us^ f. Venetia Venice: cf.
It. and Pg. VenezianCf Sp. Veneciano. In early
tise also a. OF. Vem'cun, -esien, etc, (mod.F.
VinUien)^
A. sh. 1. A native or inhabitant of mediosval
or modern Venice; a member of the mediaeval
republic of Venice ; more rarely, one of the ancient
Veneti inhabiting the district of Venetia.
143a Lydg. Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 4 Other alyens :,
Florentyns, and Venycyens. c 1436 Libel Eng, Policy in
Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 172 The commodites..of Venicyans
and Florentynes. Ibid. 175 These seyde Veneciance. 15*8
in Ellis Orig. Lett. (1824) I. 294 His Highnes also Hketh
wel the Frenche Kings Lettres to the Venecians for Ravenna
and Servia. 1547 Boorde Introd. Knowl. xxiiii. (1870) 181,
I am a Venesien both sober and sage. Ibid. 185 The Venyscions
hath great prouision of warre. x6si in Foster Eng.
Factories Ind. (1906) 1, 257 Two gentlemen, Venetians, who
are not unknowne to you. 1695 Luttkell Brief Rel. (1S57)
III. 447 The Venetians, we hear, have taken several French
ships, a 1715 Burnet Own Timev. (1734) II, 129 The Venetians
and the Great Duke had not thought fit to own the King
till then. 1756-7 tr. Keysler^s Trav. (1760) IV. 57 German
bravery under the auspices of the Venetians. 1841 W.
Spalding Italy Sf It. IsL II. 164 There were other slaves
besides Mohammedans in the sei^ice of the rich Venetians.
1876 Bancroft Hist. U.S. I. v. 129 The Venetians.. purchased
alike infidels and Christians. x88o Encycl, Brit.
XIII. 446/1 The Gauls, the Ligurians, and the Veneti or
Venetians.
+ 2. //. Hose or breeches of a particular fashion
originally introduced from Venice. Obs.
158* in Feuillerat Revels Q. Eliz. (1908) 350, vi paire of
Venetians of Russet gold tyncell. 1586 Fermor Ace. in
Arckaeol. Jml. (1851) VIII. 183 It. for an ell half of brod
taffaty to make him a dublet and venytyons. 1598 Florid,
Brache^ all maner of breeches, slops, hosen, breekes, gascoines,
Venetians. 1611 Cotgr., Chausses h la gigotte, a
fashion of very close Venitians ; old fashioned Venitians.
ai6ia Harington i>/;fr. (1618) lxx, A Captaine.. brought
three yards of Veluet, & three quarters To make Venetians
downe below the garters.
t b. In sing, with the, Obs.—^
xS9a Greene De/. Conny-catching Wks. (Grosart) XI. 95
The Venetian and the gallogascaine is stale, and trnnke
slop out of vse.
1 3, A sequin of Venice, as current in India and
adjacent countries. Obs.
1698 Fryer Acc. E. India ^ P. 406 The Money which
passes is a Golden Venetian, equivalent to our Angel. 1752
m J. Long6W. UnpubURecs.yz (Yule &B.), At this juncture |
a gold mohur is found to be worth 14 Arcot Rupees, and a '
Venetian 4J Arcot Rupees. 1835 Burnes Trnv. Bokhara
(ed. 2) I. 90 Vou are then to present a handsome bow, and ;
each of you eleven gold Venetians. i
4. A closely-woven cloth having a fine twilled I
surface, used as a suiting or dress material. i
1710 Lond. Gaz. No. 4706/4 For Sale.,, Venitions,.. i
Tabbies, .. and other_ Stuffs. 1883 Simmonds Diet. Trade^
Venetian^ a fine twilled fabric of carded wool for gentlemen's
suits. 1899 Daily Neivs 30 Oct. 2/6 The newest
designs in coloured tweeds, serges, coverts, meltons,..
Venetians, beavers, and cashmeres.
6. ellipt. t a. A Venetian window. Obs.
1766 Entick London IV. 376 The body of the church is
enlightened by two ranges of windows, with a Venetian in
the center. 1779 Mirror No. 61, His dusky Gothic windows
have been contrasted to great advantage, with their Bows
and Venetians.
b. A Venetian blind.
z8i6 ' Qmz* GrandMaster viu 167 They're soon disturb 'd
—a sudden rap 'Gainst the Venetians spoil'd their nap. i88i
Emma J. Worboise Sissie xvi, It was observed that no one,
all through the day, proposed raising that side- Venetian,
C, //. (See quot.)
x883 Caulfeild & Saward Diet. Needle^v. 514/1 Vene*
tians, a heavy kind of tape or braid, resembling double
I^ndons. They are employed more especi-.Uy for Venetian
blinds, whence the name.
0. = Domino i.
1891 Century Mag. June 283, 1 then put off my sword, and
put on my Venetian or domino, and entered the bal masque.
B. adj, 1, Of or pertaining to Venice.
1554 in Feuillerat Re7-eh Q. Mnry (1914) 166 A maske of
viij patrons of galleis like Venetian Senatours. 1593 G.
Harvev Netv Lett. Wks. (Grosart) I. 264 Who honoureth
not. .the security of the Venetian state. 1642 Howell For,
Tratf. (Arb.) 53 There is in Italy the Toscan, the Roman,
the Venetian, the Neapolitan [languages], . . and all these have
severall Dialects and Idiomes of Speech. 1648 Hkxham ii,
De Venetiaensche Zee^ the Venetian Sea, or, the Gulfe of
Venice, 175^-7 tr. Keysler's Trav. (1760) III. 378 It is now
some centuries since Padua has been brought under the
Venetian yoke. X841 W, Spai,ding Italy ^ It. IsL HI. 37
The republic at' first embraced, .the Venetian provinces of
Bergamo, Brescia, and La Polesina. 1893 W. G. CollincwooD
Life Rnskin I. 11. iv, 147 The treatment.. of Venetian
matters had to be indefinitely postponed.
b. Venetian Schoolj id) a school of painting,
distinguished by its mastery of colouring, which
originated in the 15th century and reached its
climax in the i6th; {b) a school of Italian architecture
originating in the early part of the i6th
century.
(a) 1748 Melmoth Fitzosborne Lett. Ixi. (1749) II. J16
On the contrary, the Venetian school is said to have neglected
design a little too much. 1859 Ruskin Two Paths i.
§ 20 The Venetian school proposed to itself the representation
of the effect of colour and shade on all things.
{b) 1842 GwiLT Archil. § 349 The Venetian School is characterised
by its lightness and elegance; by the convenient
distribution it displays; and by the abundant, perhaps
exuberant, use of columns, pilasters, and arcades.
2. In special collocations, denoting things characteristic
of Venice, esp. articles actually produced
there, or others made in imitation of these. (Cf.
similar uses of Venice.)
Venetian ball (see quots.). Venetian bar, in needlework,
a bar formed by means of button-hole work on a thread
or threads. Venetia?t blind, a window-blind composed of
narrow horizontal slats so fixed on strong tapes as to admit of
ready adjustment for the exclusion or admission of light and
air. + Venetiafibrf'echeSf=V'EVi-ETiAiisb.2, Venetian brown,
a variety of brown used for colouring §lass. Venetian carpet,
a common make of carpet, usually striped, in which the warp
alone is shown. Venetian chalk (see quots.). Venetian
cloth, - Venetian sb. 4. Venetian dentil (see quot.).
Venetian door {see quot 1842). ^ Venetian earth, ? Venetian
chalk. Venetian embroidery (see quot.). Venetian
enantely a hard enamel used for the dials of clocks and
watches. Venetian filigree, a variety of coloured glass.
Venetianframe, a form of window-frame (see quot. 1833).
Venetian glass, Venice glass. Venetian^Gothic adj. (see
quot.). ^Venetian /i(jj^,= Venetian sb. 2. Venetian mast,
a tall pole ornamented with spiral bands of colour, used
in the decoration of streets or open spaces on special
occasions. Venetian pearl, a solid artificial pearl. Venetian
pointy a variety of point-lace. Venetian red, satin
(see -quots.). Venetian shutter, a shutter constructed on
the same principle as a Venetian blind; hence Venetian^
shuttered adj. Venetian sole, stitch (see quots.). + Venetian
sublimate (?). Venetian sufnach, the southern European
.shrub Rhus Cotinus. Venetian swell, an organ-swell hav.
ing the front constructed like a Venetian shutter. Venetian
talc, a hydrous silicate of magnesia. + Venetiati thyme (see
quot.). Venetian turpentine, Venice turpentine. Venetian
varnish (see quot.). Venetian vetch : see Vetch. Venetian
w/(rV^ (see quot.). Venetian window {see quot. 1842). Venetian
7uindow-bliud,=Yenetian blind. Also Venetian bead,
t dollar, lace.
1851-^ Tomlinson*s Cycl. Usef Arts (1866) I. ^83/2 The
* Venetian ball consists of a number of pieces of filigree glass
packed into a pocket of transparent colourless glass. 1875
Knight Diet. Mech. 2702/2 Venetian ball, an ornamental
form of glass for paper-weights, etc. 1882 Caulfeild &
Saward Diet. Needlew. 511/2 *Venetian bar.. is used in
modern Point Lace. 1660 F. Bbooke tr. Le Blanc's Trav.
19s Some bracelets made of *Venetian Beads of several
colours. 1791 in Harper's Mag. March (1885) 535/2 Surcharge
for ^Venetian blinds. 1794 W. Felton Carriages
I. 148 The Venetian blind., [is] frequently used as a substitute
for the common shutter and spring curtain. 1840
Dickens Old C. Shop xiv. It was easy to hear through
the Venetian blinds all that passed inside. 188a Caulfeild
& Saward Diet. Needlew. 514/1 Another kind of braid or
tape is made for Venetian blinds. 1587 Fleming Contn.
Holinshed III. 1354 Walton.. rent his *venecian breeches
of crimsin taffata, and distributed the same peecemeale.
CI79I Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) VII. 774/2 *Venetian brown,
with gold spangles, commonly called the philosopher's
stone. 1845 G. Dodd Brit. Manuf IV. 95 '*Venetian'
carpets were never, it has been asserted, made at Venice at
all. 1868 Ref. U.S. Commissioner Agric. (1869) 51 Carpets,
treble ingrain, three-ply, and worsted chain Venetian. 1839
Ure Diet. Arts 1271 "Venetian chalk is Steatite. 1883
Simmonds Diet. Trade, Venetian chalk, a white compact
talc or steatite, used for marking on cloth. frz790 Encycl.
Brit. (ed. 3) VI. 404/2 A new suit of French and *Venetian
cloths. T^fM Daily Neius 6 Jan. ^/6 Venetian cloth is, next
to panne, still the favourite material for dresses. 1881
Archit.Dict.y *Venetian dentil, a molding consisting of a
fillet with its sides cut alternately into notches, which
reach the middle of the face, and produce the effect of a
double row of dentils. 1626 in Foster Eng. Factories India
(1909) III. 156 The *Venetian doUer will yeald 5 mahmudis
if full weight. 1731 Pope Ep. Burlington 36 Iniitating-
Fools Who.. [are] Proud to catch cold at a *Venetian door.
ax'j^— Hor. Sat. n. vi. igi Palladian walls, Venetian
doors, Grotesco roofs, and Stucco floors. 1842 Gwilt
Archit. 1050 P'enetian door, a door having side lights on
each side for lighting an entrance hall. 1660 J. H[arding]
Basil. Valent. Chariot Antimony 123 Mix'one part of this
Salt with three parts of *Venetian Earth. 1882 Caulfeild
& Saward Diet. Needleiv. 512/1 "Venetian embroidery.. is
work resembling Roman Work and Strasbourg Embroidery,
but is lighter than either in effect. 1837 Hebert Efigin,