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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Venery \Ven"er*y\, n. [L. Venus, Veneris, the goddess of love.] Sexual love; sexual intercourse; coition. Contentment, without the pleasure of lawful venery, is continence; of unlawful, chastity. --Grew. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Venery \Ven"er*y\, n. [OE. venerie, F. v[82]nerie, fr. OF. vener to hunt, L. venari. See {Venison}.] The art, act, or practice of hunting; the sports of the chase. [bd]Beasts of venery and fishes.[b8] --Sir T. Browne. I love hunting and venery. --Chaucer. | |
