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单词 venery
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veneryn.1

Brit. /ˈvɛn(ə)ri/, /ˈviːn(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈvɛnəri/
Forms: Middle English veneri, venerye, Middle English–1600s, 1800s venerie, Middle English wenery, Middle English– venery; Middle English venorye, Middle English venur(i)e, 1600s venarie, 1600s–1700s venary.
Etymology: < Old French venerie (French vénerie ), < vener < Latin venārī to hunt: see -ery suffix.
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.
1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville III. 122 These veterans of the wilderness are exceedingly pragmatical on points of venery and woodcraft.1883 Standard 4 May 2/2 Other worthy professors of venery were glad to ‘coach’ him.1891 J. G. Austin Betty Alden 110 'Tis bad venerie when you have trapped a wolf to let him go free on the chance some other man will finish your work.
b. In the phrases beasts, game, hounds of venery.
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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.
2. Wild animals hunted as game. Also figurative.
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.
in extended use.1550 H. Latimer Serm. (1562) 114 b They must haue swyne for theyr foode to make theyr veneryes or bacon of; theyr bacon is theyr venison.
3. A place where hunting-dogs are kept. Obsolete. rare.
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

Brit. /ˈvɛn(ə)ri/, /ˈviːn(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈvɛnəri/
Forms: Also Middle English–1600s venerie.
Etymology: < Latin Vener-, Venus Venus n.1 + -y suffix3.
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.
2. figurative. A source of great enjoyment. Obsolete.
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).
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