venison : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: venison	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for venison
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
venison n meat from a deer used as food
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Venison \Ven"i*son\ (?; 277), n. [OE. veneison, veneson, venison, OF. veneison, F. venaison, L. venatio hunting, the chase, game, fr. venari, p. p. venatus, to hunt; perhaps akin to OHG. weidin[?]n, weidenen, to pasture, to hunt, G. weide pasturage. Cf. {Gain} to acquire, {Venation}.] 1. Beasts of the chase. [Obs.] --Fabyan. 2. Formerly, the flesh of any of the edible beasts of the chase, also of game birds; now, the flesh of animals of the deer kind exclusively.