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vendue U.S. and W. Indies.|vɛnˈdjuː|
Also 7 vendu, 9 vendoo, vandew.
[a. Du. vendu, † vendue, a. older F. (now dial.) vendue sale, f. vendre to sell.]
1. A public sale; an auction. Freq. in phr. at (a) vendue, by vendue: see first group of quots.
(a)1686Ann. Albany (1850) II. 93 Which said lotts of grounde ye common councill will dispose of at a publike vendu or out cry. 1748Smollett Rod. Rand. xxxvi. I. 324, I went ashore [at Port Royal], and having purchased a laced waistcoat..at a vendue [1760 a sale], made a swaggering figure. 1757Woolman Jrnl. iv. (1840) 45 When estates are sold by executors at vendue. 1776Pennsylv. Even. Post 25 May 263/2 To be sold by public vendue,..a large quantity of Ship Timber. 1804Europ. Mag. XLV. 20/2, I was..knocked down at vendue to old 'Squire Kegworth. 1898Parmenter Hist. Pelham, Mass. 167 Bidding off the poor to support at the inverted vendue, or lowest bidder.
(b)1759J. Adams Diary Wks. 1850 II. 73, I am to attend a vendue this afternoon at Lambert's. 1781A. Adams in Fam. Lett. (1876) 402 The retailing vendues, which are tolerated here, ruin the shop-keepers. 1806G. Pinckard Tour W. Indies II. 325 A Dutch ‘vendue’ of slaves. 1836Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xxvii, Is it a vandew, or a weddin,..or what is it? 1897W. D. Howells Landlord at Lion's Head 6 [To] have a vendue, and sell out everything before the snow flew.
2. attrib. and Comb., as vendue-crier, vendue master, vendue room, vendue store.
1710S. Carolina Stat. (1837) II. 348 The person herein after appointed publick vendue master, or his deputy. 1761Descr. S. Carolina 33 There is also..a Receiver-general of the Quit-rents, a Vendue Master, and Naval Officer. 1798Bay's Rep. (1809) I. 103 The goods were in a vendue store, a common market, a public place known and established in law. 1799The Aurora (Philad.) 10 Apr. (Thornton), By profession he is a vendue crier. He said he would cry the vendue in spite of the Standing Army. 1828Life Planter Jamaica 180 Marly entered the vendue room. 1828–32Webster, Vendue-master,..an auctioneer. |