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Webster 1913 Edition

Venison

Ven′i-son

(?; 277)
,
Noun.
[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.
weidinōn
,
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Venison

VENISON

,
Noun.
ven'izn, or ven'zn. [L. venactio, a hunting, from venor, to hunt.]
The flesh of beasts of game, or of such wild animals as are taken in the chase. It is however, in the United States, applied exclusively to the flesh of the deer or cervine genus of animals.

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