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Webster 1913 Edition

Venery

Ven′er-y

,
Noun.
[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.

Ven′er-y

,
Noun.
[OE.
venerie
, F.
vénerie
, fr. OF.
vener
to hunt, L.
venari
. See
Venison
.]
The art, act, or practice of hunting; the sports of the chase.
“Beasts of venery and fishes.”
Sir T. Browne.
I love hunting and
venery
.
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Venery

VEN'ERY

,
Noun.
[from Venus.] The pleasures of the bed.
Contentment, without the pleasure of lawful venery, is continence; of unlawful, chastity.

VEN'ERY

,
Noun.
[L. venor, to hunt, that is, to drive or rush.]
The act or exercise of hunting; the sports of the chase.
Beasts of venery and fishes.

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