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VENIAL. VENISON.
Mere provincialism in pronunciation.. is venial in comparison
with slovenly speecn.
f3. Allowable, permissible ; blameless, rare*
*597 Hooker Ecci. Pol. v. lxxi.§ 8 The lewes. .not doubting
that bodily labourfi are made by necessitie veiuall,
though otheiwise, especially on that day [i.e. the Sabl'ath],
rest be more conuenient. 1667 Milton P. L. ix. 5 Where
God. -With Man. .familiar us'd To sit indulgent., .permitting
him the while Venial discour^e unblam'd. 1715 Pope
Odyss. I. 219 With venial freedom let me now demand Thy
name, thy lineage, and paternal land.
+ B. sb. A venial sin or offence ; a light fault or
eiror. Obs.
c X380 Wyclif Sei. IVks. III. 452 pou3 J>is be synne, ^t >t
is venyal, and not dedly, and venyals lien wa^chcn awey
wit> preieris of a Patcr-nosier. a 1395 Hylton Scaia Per^.
1 xxxiii. (W. de W. 1494), Neuertheles yet shalt thou for this
defawte & all other venyals whyche may not he eschewed in
this wretchyd lyf lyft up thyn hert to god. c 1435 St. Mary
0fOigni€S I. vi. in Angiia VIII. 138 47 pof siie so eshewed
(to smal (sins] and veniels. c 1540 Schoie House lyomen
(1572) D iij b, And were not two small venialles, The feminine
might be glorifide. 1596 Bell Sum. Popery in. ix. 364
Howsoeuer our late papists flatter themselues in their
Vi:nial3. 1609 Bp. Hall Dtsswas. Poperie Wks, (1627) 642
It. .gently blanches ouer the breaches of Gods law with the
name of venialls, and fauourable titles of diminution. 1671
WooDHEAU St. Teresa L iv. 15, 1 was careful not to commit
any Mortal sin ;..but of Venials I made no great account,
t Ve nial, a-- Obs. rare. [Irreg. var. of Venal
tf.-] Venous.
IS74 J. Jones Nat. Beginn. Growing ^ Living Things 8
When the heart is opened, it receueth Aire by the veniall
arlerie. 1578 Banister Hist. Man v. 70 Galen seemeth
rather willyng to call this veyne a certaine veniall passage
or way.
II Venialia, f^-/''. Obs.-^^ [L. venidlia^ neut.
pi. of venidlis: see Ve.nial aX\ Venial sins or
offences,
1654 Gavton PLas. Notes iv. ii. 183 The peccadillo's and
veiiialia, which never come into the black book.
Veniality. ? Obs. [f. Venial o.i + -ity ; cf.
Sp. venialiJad, Vg. venzalidade.l a. The property
or quality of being venial, b, A matter of favour
or grace.
1628 Bp. Hall Serm. Westni. 54 They palliate wickedne&se
with the faire pretence of Venlalitie. 1654 H.
L'KsTBANGE Chas. I (1655) 138 The Flemish Busses, .were
soon reduced .. to intreat the favour of fisKing by his
Majesties commission : a veniality the king was most ready
to indulge them.
Venially (vrniali), adv. [f, Ve.nial a.i +
-LT -.] In a venial manner, esp, in the way of
venial sin pardonably, excusably.
;
a 1340 Hampole Psalter xvii. 26 Na man is in erthe ^at
synnes noght venyally. c 1386 Chaucer Pars. T. r aS8 (>ylk
worldly thynges t>at he loueth, ^urgh which he synneth
venially. £1440 Jacob's W^«//8operfore, takyih heed bemy
woordys, whanne ^e synnen in pride venyally, & whanne
dedly. J534 More Com/, agst. Trib. 11. Wks. 1183/1 Wher
as els ill dede he had offended but venyally. 1588 A. King
tr. Caiiisins Caiech. 227 Thay ar aduerAaiies to the doctrine
of trew religion quha sayis that ane iust man sinne-t at leist
veniallie in cuery guid wark. 1608 Willkt Hexapla Exod.
659 A iust man in his good workes doth not sinnc so much
as venially. 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriot. Ded., The
Antients venially delighted in flourishing Garden.s. 1740
Gibber ApoL (1756) I- ia8 All the faults follies, and affec.
tation of that agreeable tyrant were venially melted down
into so many charms and attractions. 1847 Eraser's Mag.
XXXVI. 53 So it fareswithgeniuswhich, when only venially
erroneous, is not to l)e forgiven. 1878 tr. Villari's Machiavein
II. I. viii. 249 If he sinned aga.n however venially, he
would certainly be hung.
Venialness.
= Veniality.
rar€~^. [(". as preo. + -NESS,]
1717 Bailk.v (vol. II), Venialness^ Pardonableness. 1755
Johnson,
pardon.
Pardonableness, venialness; susceptibility of
Venianoe, etc., obs. fi".
Vengeance.
Venice ^venis). Also 6 Venysae, Venise,
Ven(i)ys, Vennya, Venes, 7 Vennis, Venia.
Also Venus-, [a. F. Venise .—l^, Vettetia (It.
yenezia, Sp. Venecia^ Pg. Veneza) : see def.]
1. The name of the city (the capital of the province
of the same natne) in the north-east of Italy,
used attrib. to designate various articles made theie
or having some connexion with the locality, as
Venice looking-glass-paper, point (lace), tinsel^ vial^
work, etc.
(Cf. Venetian a. 2,)
t Venice beam : see Roman a." 15. Venice blue (see quot.).
Venice craivn. Her. (see quot.>. Venice gold, sih>er (cf.
GoLDji. 4, Silver sb. 4). Venice lac (see Lac' 2, quot.
1763). Vettice soap (see quois.). t * 'enice sumach^ Venetian
sumach. Venice talc, while (see quois.).
i6xz CloTGR-, yVa/«a« 4//(7/«Won on thy Venice-glass. 185a Thackekay
Esmond I. ix. On which poor Lady Castlewood gave a rueful
smile, and 4 look into a little Venice glass she had.
b. Venice treacle, in old pharmacy, an electuary
composed of many ingredients and supposed to
possess universal alexipharmic and preservative
properties. Cf. Treacle sb. i c. Now arch.
Also occas. called treacle 0/ Venice.
1613 WooDALL Snrg. Mate Wks. (1633) 95 A little Venice
Triacle or other Tiiacle. i6« J. Taylor (Water P.) Life
Thomas /'arr C3, And Garlick hee esteem 'd above the rate
Of Vcnice-Triacle, or best Mithridate. 1691 T. H[\le] Acc.
New Invent, p. xxv. And as well may we be afraid to take
the Venice Treacle, because of its being long kept in boxes
of Lead, c i7»o W. Gibson Farrier's Dispens. in. (1721) 146
Venice Treacle. This is aUo called the y^«nVif«,or'lreacle
ofAndromachus. 17S3J. BA»TLKTC^«//./arr«r)'xlii.(i754)
323 Internally, for bites from v.pers, may be given cordial
medicines, such as Venice treacle and salt of hartshorn.
1797 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3; XVI. 573/2 1 he Muscovites at all
times reject as impure, .rabbit, ass's milk, mare's milk, and
Venice-treacle. s8sx Scott AV«/V7s consists of 24 parts of mastic, 3 of Venice
turpentine, and i of camphor.
Venie, var. Veny Obs. Venieaunce, obs. f.
Vkngeance. Veniiice, var. Venekice Obs,
Veui'genous, a. Geol. [f. L. type ^vhtigena^
Of ruck-masses : Bearing or containing veins of
metal or quartz.
1817 Blackw, Mag. I. 421 A series of specimens of the
diamond imbedded in a venigenous mass. 1833-4 J. Phillips
Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VI. 762/2 The intricate
character of the venigenous masses of Mousebole.
Venim(ouB, obs. ff. Venom(ou3.
tVenin, sb.^ Obs. In 4-5 venyn, [a. OF.
venin :—L. venen-umj] Venom, poison.
€ 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 9005 Venyn for
salue wy^ hym he nam, Als a monk to court he cam. c 1380
Wyclif Three Treat. (1851) p. xxxvi, As Crist techij? in nis
gospel, liou (lai men shulden,.forsakehercumpenye as venyn
\v.r. venyinj. c 1400 ApoL Loll. 57 Triacle is turnid in to
venyn, and J>is )?at was foundun to remedie, is foundun
to de^j.
Hence f Venin v. trans. ^ to poison. Obs,~^
a 1500 Prompt. Parv. 508/2 (MS. H.), Venynyn or venyiiiyn,
vetteno.
Venin, Ji^.2 Chem. Also -ine, -ene. [f. Venom
f -IN *.] A toxic substance forming the distinctive
element in snake-venom. (In recent Diets.)
Veniour, obs. var. Venger.
Ii Venire (v/h3is*r/). Law. [EUipt. for next.]
1. = next I.
1665 Ever Tryals per Pais iii. 31 Therefore where the
Sheriff ought not to retorn the Venire, he cannot retorn the
Tales. 1676 Ojfice Clerk Assize 82 In the mean time doth
tiie Clerk of the Peace file the Venire, and the pannel with
the Indictment. 1721 Bkvekley Hist. Virginia iv. vi 223
A Writ of Venire issues in such Cases, to summon six of the
nearest Neighbours to the Criminal. 1771 E. Long in Hone
Every-day Bk. (1826) II. 200 You must have a venire for a
jury. 1821 Archbold Digest Law Pleading