单词 | venery |
释义 | veneryn.1 Now archaic. 1. a. The practice or sport of hunting beasts of game; the chase. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > [noun] huntethc900 huntingc1000 sleatinga1122 purchasec1325 veneryc1330 venation1386 venison1390 the chase?a1400 chasing?a1400 waithc1400 huntc1405 vanchasea1425 enchase1486 vaunt-chase1575 field sport1580 shikara1613 huntsmanshipa1631 cynegetics1646 sport of kings1735 game hunting1823 blood sport1893 c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 296 On hunting oft he ȝede, To swiche alawe he drewe.., More he couþe of veneri Þan couþe manerious. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 856 To venerye he gaf his tent; An herde of hertes sone þey met. 1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 247 Delite in honeste Play, and hit beholde, as..bestis to chase in venurie. 1486 Bk. St. Albans e v b That is the first worde, my sonne, of venery. 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. ii. xv. f. 89v/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I They..daily ouerthrew townes villages, & an infinite sort of families, for the maintenance of their Venery. 1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus ii. v. 893 These are your speciall beasts for chase, or as wee Huntsmen call it, for venery. a1666 J. Howell Lett. (1678) IV. 4 Ther be three [places] for Venery or Venatical plesure in England, viz. a Forrest, a Chase and a Park. 1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) A venery Book, or a Book of venery. b. In the phrases beasts, game, hounds of venery. ΚΠ c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxiii. 105 All maner of wylde bestez of wenery, as hertez and hyndez. c1450 Pol., Rel., & L. Poems (1903) 60 Howndes of venery coste more then they aveyle. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1876) VI. 379 That place..havynge in hit diverse kyndes of bestes of venery. 1539 Act 31 Hen. VIII c. 5 A chace..for norisshinge, generacion, and feeding of beastes of venery and of fowles of Warren. 1563 Queen Elizabeth I Let. 16 May in Abp. M. Parker Corr. (1853) (modernized text) 175 Keeper of park-houses, warrens, or other game of venerie. 1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) ii. xix. 206/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I The beasts of the chase were commonlie the bucke, the roe, the fox, and the marterne. But those of venerie in old time were the hart, the hare, the bore and the woolfe. 1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) 266 These beastes of chace are not in estimacion soe royall as the former beastes of Venerye. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 289 Forests are waste grounds belonging to the king, replenished with all manner of beasts of chase or venary. 1772 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S. Amer. (ed. 3) I. 436 Many beasts of venery, which feed on the straw or rush peculiar to those parts. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animals hunted > [noun] preya1250 wildc1275 felon1297 wild beastc1325 gamec1330 venison1338 venerya1375 chase1393 waitha1400 quarryc1500 gibier1514 wild meat1529 hunt-beast1535 beasts of warren1539 outlaw1599 course1607 big game1773 head1795 meat1851 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1685 Hyndes & hertes,..bukkes and beris, and oþer bestes wilde, of alle fair venorye þat falles to metes. c1440 Ipomydon 415 This lady to hyr mete gan gone, And of venery had hyr fille, For they had take game at wille. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur x. lxxxvii. 568 In the meane whyle syr Tristram chaced and hunted at alle maner of venery. 1539 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 29 The hunting of them [sc. deer] beinge not so pleasant, as the huntynge of other venery or vermyne. 1550 J. Coke Deb. Heraldes Eng. & Fraunce sig. Avv Parkes..full of venery as hartes, hyndes, falow dere, wylde bores, and wolues for noble men to course. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vi. sig. F2 To the wood she goes, to..Seeke her spouse, that from her still does fly, And followes other game and venery. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 115 Woods wonderfully abounding with venerie. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [noun] > keeping or affinity with dogs > kennels > for hunting dogs venery1653 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. lv. 242 The Venerie, where the Beagles and Hounds were kept, was a little farther off drawing towards the Park. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). veneryn.2 1. The practice or pursuit of sexual pleasure; indulgence of sexual desire. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] playOE loveOE toucha1400 chamber workc1450 venery1497 bed-glee1582 bed-game1596 fiddling1622 twatting1893 sexual relations1897 fun time1905 massage1906 sex play1922 actionc1930 hanky-panky1939 making-out1957 lumber1966 1497 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 425 It was statut..that all licht weman be chargit and ordanit to decist fra thar vicis and syne of venerie. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 430 As brutell beistis takand appetyte, In venerie putting thair haill delyte. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 34 Birdes tongue, is an Herbe whose chief working is to prouoke Uenerie. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe iii. sig. D4 Venery is like vsery..it may be allowed tho it be not lawfull. 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §30 A body, wherein there may be action enough to content decrepit lust, or passion to satisfie more active veneries . View more context for this quotation 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 378 Nor does it seldom fall out, from their aptness to Venery,..that they are afflicted with terrible Mariscæ. 1725 N. Robinson New Theory of Physick 152 The Passions of the Mind have a great Influence, as also excessive Venery. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 197 If the tusks..be broke away, the animal abates of its fierceness and venery. 1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 139 He..gave himself up to his former intemperance in spirits and in venery. 1851 S. D. Gross Pract. Treat. Dis. Bladder i. iii. 118 Occasionally it [i.e. acute cystitis] is traceable to the effects of excessive venery. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > quality of causing joy or delight > [noun] > an instance or source of joy or delight playeOE mirthOE blissa1000 winOE sunbeamc1175 delight?c1225 joyc1275 delightingc1350 joying1388 delicec1390 delectation?a1425 rejoice1445 delectabilitiesa1500 deliciositiesa1500 delectables1547 delicacy1586 venery1607 deliciousness1651 thrilling1747 peaches and cream1920 1607 T. Middleton Phoenix sig. F4 Twas e'en Venerie to me yfaith, the pleasantst course of life. a1625 J. Fletcher Noble Gentleman iv. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ffv/1 To me The fooling of this foole, is venerie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1c1330n.21497 |
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