Venetiann.adj.
/vᵻˈniːʃn/, U.S. /vəˈniʃən/ A. n.† 2. † b. In singular with the. Obsolete. rare.† 3. A sequin of Venice, as current in India and adjacent countries. Obsolete.
1.
a. A native or inhabitant of medieval or modern Venice; a member of the medieval republic of Venice; more rarely, one of the ancient Veneti inhabiting the district of Venetia.
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the world > people > ethnicities > ancient people of Italy > [noun]
Sabinea1387
Tuscana1387
Volscea1387
Samnite1390
Venetian1432
Volscian1513
Marrucian1578
Marsi1578
Marsian1578
Vestinian1578
Tarentine1579
Marrucine1600
Paelignian1600
Sabellian1601
Tyrrhenian1660
Lucanian1709
Tyrrhene1736
Oscan1740
Marrucinian1863
Oscian1875
Ausonian1882
Osco-Umbrian1894
Oscan-Umbrian1960
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > native or inhabitant of states or regions Italy > [noun]
Albana1387
Latina1398
Venetian1432
Picentine1598
sybarite1598
Faliscan1600
Picene1601
sybaritan1608
Picenian1610
Peucetian1615
Pompeian1654
Praenestine1683
Iapygian1773
Messapian1773
Atestine1924
Cumaean1931
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Italians > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Italy > other Italian towns
Genowayc1400
Neapolitanc1425
Venetian1432
milliner1449
Milanese1484
Genevois1521
Genoeses1553
Pisan1559
Ferrarese1573
Florentine1591
Paduana1592
Amalfitan1600
Bergamask1602
Genovese1603
Genoan1608
Salernitan1608
Patavine1611
Vicentine1611
White Moors1617
Perugian1620
Genoesian1624
Lucchese1660
Veronese1673
Modenese1711
Pavian1712
Sienese1756
Patavinian1771
Livornese1789
Bolognese1818
Torinese1864
Assisian1870
Triestine1905
Luccan1911
Padovan1953
Cassinese1957
1432 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 4 Other alyens:..Florentyns, and Venycyens.
c1436 Libel Eng. Policy in Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 172 The commodites..of Venicyans and Florentynes.
c1436 Libel Eng. Policy in Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 175 These seyde Veneciance.
1528 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) I. 294 His Highnes also liketh wel the Frenche Kings Lettres to the Venecians for Ravenna and Servia.
a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) 185 The Venyscions hath great prouision of warre.
a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) 181 I am a Venesien both sober and sage.
1621 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1618–21 (1906) 257 Two gentlemen, Venetians, who are not unknowne to you.
1695 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 447 The Venetians, we hear, have taken several French ships.
a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1734) II. 129 The Venetians and the Great Duke had not thought fit to own the King till then.
1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 299 German bravery, under the auspices of the Venetians.
1834 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. I. v. 177 The Venetians..purchased Christians and infidels in every market.
1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 164 There were other slaves besides Mohammedans in the service of the rich Venetians.
1880 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 446/1 The Gauls, the Ligurians, and the Veneti or Venetians.
b. The dialect of Italian spoken by the inhabitants of Venice.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > postulated Italo-Celtic > Romance > Italian > varieties of
courtesan1549
Roman1561
Tuscan1568
Lombard1598
Neapolitan1598
Venetian1598
Lucchese1642
Milanese1642
Piedmontese1642
Romanesco1792
Sicilian1818
Ligurian1835
Bolognese1839
Corsican1855
Florentine1855
Veronese1872
Emilian1878
Romanaccio1963
Torinese1975
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes How may we ayme at the Venetian, at the Romane, at the Lombard..at so manie, and so much differing Dialects..as be used and spoken in Italie?
1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell xi. 138 There is in Italy the Toscan, the Roman, the Venetian, the Neapolitan,..and others..and all these have severall Dialects and Idiomes of Speech.
1852 E. Ruskin Let. 27 June in Effie in Venice (1965) ii. 328 You may imagine how I am put to it sometimes when three or four people question me at once in Venetian.
1901 M. Carmichael In Tuscany 99 Had Dante..written in Venetian..there would have been two classical languages in Italy today.
1921 R. L. Gales Old-world Ess. 140 It is strange to think of these careless people, all talking Venetian in the clear Paduan air four hundred years ago.
1980 Listener 23 Oct. 528/2 Catalan..is to Castilian Spanish what Venetian is to Italian.
a. plural. Hose or breeches of a particular fashion originally introduced from Venice. Obsolete.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > breeches > Venetian
venetia1579
Venetians1582
Venetian hose1583
Venetian breeches1587
galligaskin1592
Venetian1592
1582 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 350 vi paire of venetians of Russet gold tyncell.
1586 Fermor Acc. in Archæol. Jrnl. (1851) 8 183 Italian for an ell half of brod taffaty to make him a dublet and venytyons.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Brache, all maner of breeches, slops, hosen, breekes, gascoines, venetians.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Chausses à la gigotte, a fashion of very close Venitians; old fashioned Venitians.
a1612 J. Harington Epigrams (1618) i. 20 A Captaine..brought three yards of Veluet, & three quarters To make Venetians downe below the garters.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > breeches > Venetian
venetia1579
Venetians1582
Venetian hose1583
Venetian breeches1587
galligaskin1592
Venetian1592
1592 ‘C. Cony-Catcher’ Def. Conny-catching sig. E4 The venetian and the gallogascaine is stale, and trunke slop out of vse.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Italian or Sicilian coins
florin1303
janec1386
ducatc1470
ouncec1520
bajoccoa1549
denara1549
julioa1549
zecchino1572
chequina1587
mocenigo1599
soldo1599
quattrino1605
gazet1607
lira1617
paolo1617
sequin1617
julet1632
betso1641
quadruple1655
scudoc1660
doppy1691
Venetian1698
carlin?1706
pentecontalitron1738
paul1767
crazia1805
centesimo1840
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 406 The Money which passes is a Golden Venetian, equivalent to our Angel.
1752 in J. Long Select. Rec. Govt. relating to Bengal 32 (Yule & B.) At this juncture a gold mohur is found to be worth 14 Arcot Rupees, and a Venetian 4½ Arcot Rupees.
1834 A. Burnes Trav. Bokhara III. iv. 104 You are then to present a handsome bow, and each of you eleven gold Venetians.
4. A closely-woven cloth having a fine twilled surface, used as a suiting or dress material.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > twilled > specific
Venetian1710
Venetian clothc1790
gambroon1858
diagonal1861
zanella1876
cavalry twill1942
1710 London Gaz. No. 4706/4 For Sale.., Venitions,..Tabbies,..and other Stuffs.
1883 P. L. Simmonds Commerc. Dict. Trade Products (rev. ed.) Venetian, a fine twilled fabric of carded wool for gentlemen's suits.
1899 Daily News 30 Oct. 2/6 The newest designs in coloured tweeds, serges, coverts, meltons,..Venetians, beavers, and cashmeres.
5. elliptical.† a. A Venetian window. Obsolete.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [noun] > other types of window
loop1393
shot-windowc1405
gable window1428
batement light1445
church window1458
shot1513
casement1538
dream-hole1559
luket1564
draw window1567
loop-window1574
loophole1591
tower-windowc1593
thorough lights1600
squinch1602
turret window1603
slit1607
close-shuts1615
gutter window1620
street lighta1625
balcony-window1635
clere-story window1679
slip1730
air-loop1758
Venetian1766
Venetian window1775
sidelight1779
lancet window1781
French casement1804
double window1819
couplet1844
spire-light1846
lancet1848
tower-light1848
triplet1849
bar-window1857
pair-light1868
nook window1878
coupled windows1881
three-light1908–9
north-light1919
storm window1933
borrowed light1934
Thermopane1941
storms1952
1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 376 The body of the church is enlightened by two ranges of windows, with a Venetian in the center.
1779 Mirror No. 61 His dusky Gothic windows have been contrasted to great advantage, with their Bows and Venetians.
b. A Venetian blind.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of windows > [noun] > fittings or ornaments of windows > blind
umbrella1688
chick1698
blind1730
sunblind1766
Venetian window-blind1769
sunshade1774
roller blind1780
Venetian blind1791
Venetian1816
jalousie1824
shutter-blind1833
jealousy1834
festoon blind1837
shade1869
roll-up1960
mini-blind1974
1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master vii. 167 They're soon disturb'd—a sudden rap 'Gainst the Venetians spoil'd their nap.
1881 E. J. Worboise Sissie xvi It was observed that no one, all through the day, proposed raising that side-venetian.
c. plural. (See quot. 1882.)
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of windows > [noun] > fittings or ornaments of windows > blind > cord for
Venetian1882
shade-cord1904
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 514/1 Venetians, a heavy kind of tape or braid, resembling double Londons. They are employed more especially for Venetian blinds, whence the name.
6. = domino n. 1.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > cloak, mantle, or cape > types of > for specific purpose
masque1577
mourning cloak1610
coach-cloak1705
domino1719
rochet1728
watch-cloak1814
opera cloak1836
railway wrapper1846
duster1864
sortie de bal1864
dust-cloak1883
Venetian1891
gas cape1940
1891 Cent. Mag. June 283 I then put off my sword, and put on my Venetian or domino, and entered the bal masqué.
B. adj.
a. Of or pertaining to Venice. Also (rare), of or pertaining to the ancient Veneti of Gaul or Venetia.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Italians > [adjective] > other Italian towns
jean1495
Venetian1554
Milanese1569
Pisan1570
Neapolitan1580
Salerne1598
Florentine1603
Salernitan1621
Amalfitan1625
Paduan1633
Pavian1633
Modenese1693
Veronese1757
Sienese1814
Torinese1864
Lucchese1883
Patavine1929
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > native or inhabitant of states or regions Italy > [adjective]
Latinc1400
Latian1598
sybarite1599
Messapian1608
Faliscan1686
Peucetiana1734
sybaritic1786
Iapygian1864
Venetian1866
Atestine1931
1554 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Edward VI (1914) 166 A maske of viij patrons of galleis like venetian Senatours.
1593 G. Harvey New Let. in Wks. (1884) I. 264 Who honoureth not..the security of the Venetian state.
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck De Venetiaensche Zee, the Venetian Sea, or, the Gulfe of Venice.
1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 202 It is now some centuries since Padua has been brought under the Venetian yoke.
1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands III. 37 The republic at first embraced..the Venetian provinces of Bergamo, Brescia, and La Polesina.
1866 W. P. Dickson tr. T. Mommsen Hist. Rome IV. v. vii. 252 The legions expended their time and strength in the sieges of the Venetian towns.
1866 W. P. Dickson tr. T. Mommsen Hist. Rome IV. v. vii. 253 Caesar caused..the people of the Venetian canton to the last man to be sold into slavery.
1893 W. G. Collingwood Life & Work J. Ruskin I. ii. iv. 147 The treatment..of Venetian matters had to be indefinitely postponed.
1897 Archaeol. Jrnl. 54 393 Through the Venetian traders the beautiful southern designs..on the golden and bronze ornaments in Ireland might..have been introduced.
b. Venetian School n. (a) a school of painting, distinguished by its mastery of colouring, which originated in the 15th century and reached its climax in the 16th; (b) a school of Italian architecture originating in the early part of the 16th century.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > Italian Renaissance or 14-16th century > [noun] > schools
Roman school1695
Venetian School1749
Umbrian School1836
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [noun] > Italian and French styles
Venetian School1749
Venetian-Gothic1849
Henri II1877
French colonial1894
François Premier1967
(a)
(b)1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. i. ii. 146 The Venetian School is characterised by its lightness and elegance; by the convenient distribution it displays; and by the abundant, perhaps exuberant, use of columns, pilasters, and arcades.1749 W. Melmoth Lett. by Sir Thomas Fitzosborne II. lxi. 116 On the contrary, the Venetian school is said to have neglected design a little too much.
1859 J. Ruskin Two Paths i. §20 The Venetian school proposed to itself the representation of the effect of colour and shade on all things.
Compounds
In special collocations, denoting things characteristic of Venice, esp. articles actually produced there, or others made in imitation of these. (Cf. similar uses of Venice n.)† Venetian breeches n. Obsolete = A. 2.† Venetian dollar n. Obsolete† Venetian earth n. Obsolete ? Venetian chalk.† Venetian hose n. Obsolete = A. 2. † Venetian sublimate n. Obsolete (?).† Venetian thyme n. Obsolete (see quot.).
Venetian ball n. (see quots.).
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > ornamental glass-work > [noun] > glass-colouring > other decorative or coloured glass > ball of
Venetian ball1852
witch ball1913
1852 C. Tomlinson Cycl. Useful Arts (1854) I. 783/2 The Venetian ball consists of a number of pieces of filigree glass packed into a pocket of transparent colourless glass.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2702/2 Venetian ball, an ornamental form of glass for paper-weights, etc.
Venetian bar n. in needlework, a bar formed by means of button-hole work on a thread or threads.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > designs or patterns
imagerya1393
imagery work1500
roundel1546
essefirme1600
branch1606
rundlet1672
veining1814
tracery1827
crow's foot1830
Berlin pattern1841
Venetian bar1882
wheatear1882
wheel1903
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 511/2 Venetian bar..is used in modern Point Lace.
Venetian bead n.
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1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 195 Some bracelets made of Venetian Beads of several colours.
Venetian blind n. a window-blind composed of narrow horizontal slats so fixed as to admit of ready adjustment for the exclusion or admission of light and air.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of windows > [noun] > fittings or ornaments of windows > blind
umbrella1688
chick1698
blind1730
sunblind1766
Venetian window-blind1769
sunshade1774
roller blind1780
Venetian blind1791
Venetian1816
jalousie1824
shutter-blind1833
jealousy1834
festoon blind1837
shade1869
roll-up1960
mini-blind1974
1791 in Harper's Mag. Mar. (1885) 535/2 Surcharge for Venetian blinds.
1794 W. Felton Treat. Carriages I. 161 The Venetian blind..[is] frequently used as a substitute for the common shutter and spring curtain.
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xiv. 166 It was easy to hear through the Venetian blinds all that passed inside.
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 514/1 Another kind of braid or tape is made for Venetian blinds.
Venetian blue n. a turquoise or cobalt blue.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > deep blue
powder blue1628
zaffre1662
ultramarine1695
smalt1775
ultramarine blue (or colour)1781
royal blue1782
smalt-blue1794
mazarine blue1803
blue feldspar1804
lazulite1807
cobalt1835
Vienna blue1835
Venetian bluec1840
bleu-de-roi1848
gentian blue1848
gentian1854
mazarine1857
night-blue1865
lapis lazuli1870
Reckitt's blue1877
royal1885
Littler's blue1904
delphine1909
delphinium1923
Madonna blue1932
c1840 Lady Wilton Art of Needlework vii. 75 A rich robe of Venetian blue embroidered with golden eagles.
1947 J. H. Bustanoby Princ. Color 12/2 Cobalt blue, similar brands: Cobalt ultramarine, Hungary blue,..Venetian blue.
1976 Milton Keynes Express 18 June 40/4 (advt.) New Kitten Estate. Venetian blue.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > breeches > Venetian
venetia1579
Venetians1582
Venetian hose1583
Venetian breeches1587
galligaskin1592
Venetian1592
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1354/2 Walton..rent his venecian breeches of crimsin taffata, and distributed the same peecemeale.
Venetian brown n. a variety of brown used for colouring glass.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > colouring matter > [noun] > stains
ferretto1662
walnut1709
Venetian brownc1791
phenyl brown1875
Bismarck brown1885
vesuvin1885
walnut-juice1912
c1791 Encycl. Brit. VII. 774/2 Venetian brown, with gold spangles, commonly called the philosopher's stone.
Venetian carpet n. a common make of carpet, usually striped, in which the warp alone is shown.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [noun] > carpet > striped carpet
satranji1621
Venetian carpet1845
1845 G. Dodd Brit. Manuf. 4th Ser. 95 ‘Venetian’ carpets were never, it has been asserted, made at Venice at all.
1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 51 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV Carpets, treble ingrain, three-ply, and worsted chain Venetian.
Venetian chalk n. (see quots.).
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > [noun] > talc or steatite
Venetian earth1660
soap-stone1681
soap-earth1696
Venetian talca1728
soap-rock1746
steatite1758
lapis ollaris1794
lardite1794
ollite1811
Venetian chalk1839
Venice talc1867
French chalk1882
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > phyllosilicate > [noun] > talc > steatite
Venetian earth1660
soap-stone1681
soap-earth1696
Venetian talca1728
soap-rock1746
steatite1758
lapis ollaris1794
lardite1794
ollite1811
Venetian chalk1839
Venice talc1867
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1271 Venetian chalk is Steatite.
1883 P. L. Simmonds Commerc. Dict. Trade Products (rev. ed.) Venetian chalk, a white compact talc or steatite, used for marking on cloth.
Venetian cloth n. = A. 4.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > twilled > specific
Venetian1710
Venetian clothc1790
gambroon1858
diagonal1861
zanella1876
cavalry twill1942
c1790 Encycl. Brit. VI. 404/2 A new suit of French and Venetian cloths.
1900 Daily News 6 Jan. 6/6 Venetian cloth is, next to panne, still the favourite material for dresses.
Venetian dentil n. (see quot.).
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > moulding > other mouldings
bowtell1376
crownwork1594
protypum1601
chaplet1623
bandeleta1645
bedding-moulding1664
quadra1664
surbase1678
platband1696
bed-moulding1703
eyebrow1703
square1703
gorge1706
nerve1728
heel1734
quirk-moulding1776
star1781
bead1799
rope moulding1813
zigzag1814
chevron-moulding1815
nebule1823
billet1835
dancette1838
pellet moulding1838
vignette moulding1842
bird's beak moulding1845
beak-head ornament1848
beak-head1849
billet moulding1851
beading1858
bead-work1881
Venetian dentil1892
chevron-work-
1892 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) Venetian dentil, a molding consisting of a fillet with its sides cut alternately into notches, which reach the middle of the face, and produce the effect of a double row of dentils.
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1626 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1624–9 (1909) 156 The Venetian doller will yeald 5 mahmudis if full weight.
Venetian door n. (see quot. 1842).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of door > [noun] > other types of door
hall-doorc1275
falling doorc1300
stable doorc1330
vice-door1354
hecka1400
lodge-doorc1400
street door1465
gate-doora1500
portal1516
backdoor1530
portal door1532
side door1535
by-door1542
outer door1548
postern door1551
house door1565
fore-door1581
way-door1597
leaf door1600
folding door1611
clap-door1625
balcony-door1635
out-door1646
anteportc1660
screen door1668
frontish-door1703
posticum1704
side entrance1724
sash-door1726
Venetian door1731
oak1780
jib-door1800
trellis?c1800
sporting door1824
ledge-door1825
through door1827
bivalves1832
swing-door1833
tradesmen's entrance1838
ledged door1851
tradesmen's door?1851
fire door1876
storm door1878
shoji1880
fire door1889
Dutch door1890
patio door1900
stable door1900
ledge(d) and brace(d) door1901
suicide door1925
louvre door1953
1731 A. Pope Epist. to Earl of Burlington 13 Imitating Fools, Who..[are] Proud to catch cold at a Venetian door.
1738 A. Pope Satires of Horace ii. vi. 191 Palladian walls, Venetian doors, Grotesco roofs, and Stucco floors.
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 1050 Venetian Door, a door having side lights on each side for lighting an entrance hall.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > [noun] > talc or steatite
Venetian earth1660
soap-stone1681
soap-earth1696
Venetian talca1728
soap-rock1746
steatite1758
lapis ollaris1794
lardite1794
ollite1811
Venetian chalk1839
Venice talc1867
French chalk1882
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > phyllosilicate > [noun] > talc > steatite
Venetian earth1660
soap-stone1681
soap-earth1696
Venetian talca1728
soap-rock1746
steatite1758
lapis ollaris1794
lardite1794
ollite1811
Venetian chalk1839
Venice talc1867
1660 J. Harding tr. B. Valentine Triumphant Chariot Antimony 123 Mix one part of this Salt with three parts of Venetian Earth.
Venetian embroidery n. (see quot.).
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1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 512/1 Venetian embroidery..is work resembling Roman Work and Strasbourg Embroidery, but is lighter than either in effect.
Venetian enamel n. a hard enamel used for the dials of clocks and watches.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > enamelling > [noun] > enamel > type of
Venetian enamel1837
colour1914
1837 L. Hebert Engin. & Mech. Encycl. I. 468 [In] hard enamelling..the Venetian enamels are chiefly employed.
Venetian filigree n. a variety of coloured glass.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > ornamental glass-work > [noun] > glass-colouring > other decorative or coloured glass
haematinon1706
ruby glass1757
gold stone1769
aventurine1811
ruby1839
millefiori1849
schmelz1849
Venetian filigree1852
Bristol1880
favrile1902
Schmelzglas1904
overlay1940
1852 C. Tomlinson Cycl. Useful Arts (1854) I. 783/2 The Venetian filigree consists of plain and coloured enamel.
Venetian frame n. a form of window-frame (see quot. 1833).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of windows > [noun] > window-frame
form1463
case1517
window frame1627
gasement1628
window case1660
casement1662
sash1681
chassis1691
Venetian frame1833
1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §1585 Fix a large solid Venetian frame (a frame in three divisions, the two side divisions being narrower than the centre one).
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. ii. iii. 639 Venetian deal cased frames.
Venetian glass n. Venice glass.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [noun] > glass > other types of glass
mirror glass1440
Venice glass1527
green glass1559
bubble glass1591
hard glass1597
window glass1606
bottle glass1626
looking-glass plate1665
opal glass1668
flint-glass1683
broad-glass1686
jealous glass1703
plate glass1728
Newcastle glass1734
flint1755
German sheet glass1777
Réaumur's porcelain1777
cut glass1800
Vauxhall1830
muslin glass1837
Venetian glass1845
latticinio1855
quartz glass1861
muff glass1865
thallium glass1868
St. Gobain glass1870
frost blue1873
crackle-glass1875
opaline1875
crackle-ware1881
amberina1883
opal1885
Jena1892
Holophane1893
roughcast1893
soda glass1897
opalite1899
milchglas1907
pâte de verre1907
Pyrex1915
silica glass1916
soda-lime glass1917
Vita-glass1925
peach-blow1930
borosilicate glass1933
Vitrolite1937
twin plate1939
sintered glass1940
gold-film1954
Plyglass1956
pyroceram1957
float glass1959
solar glass1977
1845 Encycl. Metrop. Index 139/2 Venetian Glass.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2703/1 The Venetian-glass ball [see Venetian ball, quot. 1852 for Venetian ball n.].
Venetian-Gothic adj. (see quot. 1867); also absolute as n.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [noun] > Italian and French styles
Venetian School1749
Venetian-Gothic1849
Henri II1877
French colonial1894
François Premier1967
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [adjective] > Italian and French styles
Lombardic1832
Venetian-Gothic1849
French colonial1859
Bramantesque1883
Piranesian1923
1849 E. Ruskin Let. 3 Dec. in Effie in Venice (1965) i. 81 We..looked over several Palaces... The outsides are splendid Venetian Gothic.
1867 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 748/1 ‘Venetian-Gothic’ [style of architecture] indicates the peculiar phase of that style so common in Venice and the north of Italy.
1933 J. Betjeman Ghastly Good Taste vii. 116 The red brick Flemish revival of Brondesbury and the Venetian Gothic of Kew.
1980 J. Lees-Milne Harold Nicolson I. ix. 170 They went up the Canal in a gondola, arguing about Venetian-Gothic.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > breeches > Venetian
venetia1579
Venetians1582
Venetian hose1583
Venetian breeches1587
galligaskin1592
Venetian1592
1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Eiii The Venetian-hosen, they reach beneath the knee to the gartering place of the Leg.
Venetian lace n.
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1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 513/1 In 1654 Colbert prohibited the exportation of the Venetian Laces into France.
Venetian mallow n. = Venice mallow n. at Venice n. Compounds 2.
Venetian mast n. a tall pole ornamented with spiral bands of colour, used in the decoration of streets or open spaces on special occasions.
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society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [noun] > other tokens of
palmOE
peal1509
illumination1797
feu de joie1801
confetti1815
street decoration1846
piñata1868
Venetian mast1883
serpentin1894
ticker tape1902
1883 Harper's Mag. Jan. 311/2 The Strand being one blaze of colour with Venetian masts, and streamers overhead.
1886 W. Besant Children of Gibeon III. ii. xxxiii. 272 There should have been joy-bells and..Venetian masts with streamers and flags.
Venetian pearl n. a solid artificial pearl.
Venetian point n. (also Venetian point lace) a variety of point-lace.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > lace > needle or point > types of
point de Venise1668
French point1675
point d'Espagne1676
Alençon lace1774
point de France1774
point-net1829
rose-point1832
point de Paris1840
point d'Alençon1842
point d'Argentan1842
Irish point1851
point d'aiguille1851
point de gaze1863
Venetian point1864
Burano lace1865
Greek lace1865
gros point1865
mermaid's lace1865
point de neige1865
punto a rilievo1865
punto in aria1865
Regency point1865
Venice point1865
point de reprise1872
point russe1872
Greek point1882
hollie point1882
Venetian raised point1882
point de minute1886
point de Sorrentoc1890
1864 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 5/1 Venetian-point,..Maltese-point: in all these the pattern is flatter than in the Rose-point.
1872 F. B. Palliser Notes Hist. Lace 27 Finest raised Venetian point.
1877 W. S. Gilbert Foggerty's Fairy i. 18 Look at the lace! It's Venetian point.
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 513/1 The raised Venetian Points were not worked before 1600.
1883 Mag. Art Dec. 66/2 Richard III wore Venetian point at his coronation.
Venetian raised point n. (also Venetial raised point lace) a point lace in which all outlines are in relief; = punto a rilievo n. at punto n.4 2; cf. Venice point n. at Venice n. Compounds 1.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > lace > needle or point > types of
point de Venise1668
French point1675
point d'Espagne1676
Alençon lace1774
point de France1774
point-net1829
rose-point1832
point de Paris1840
point d'Alençon1842
point d'Argentan1842
Irish point1851
point d'aiguille1851
point de gaze1863
Venetian point1864
Burano lace1865
Greek lace1865
gros point1865
mermaid's lace1865
point de neige1865
punto a rilievo1865
punto in aria1865
Regency point1865
Venice point1865
point de reprise1872
point russe1872
Greek point1882
hollie point1882
Venetian raised point1882
point de minute1886
point de Sorrentoc1890
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 513/1 The Venetian Raised Points are extremely rich and varied.
1960 H. Hayward Connoisseur's Handbk. Antique Collecting 295/1 Venetian raised point lace, needlepoint.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia X. 386/3 From 1620 Venetian raised lace (in Italian punto a relievo, in French gros point de Venise) developed distinct from flat Venetian (point plat de Venise).
Venetian red n. (see quots.).
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > red colouring matter > [noun] > other red pigments
rosetc1450
crimson?a1475
patise1589
sandyx1601
lake1616
lac1682
red lac1682
light red1692
carmine1712
rose pink1732
Venetian red1753
fire-red1798
pink saucer1804
chica1818
Florentine lake1822
French red1844
Antwerp red1851
Paris lake1866
carajura1874
cadmium red1886
Chinese vermilion1886
Chinese red1892
terra rosa1897
vermilionette1897
Derby red1904
Monastral1936
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Veneta bolus, a fine red earth used in painting, and called in the colour-shops Venetian red.
1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 413 Venetian-Red is a native ochre, rather inclining to scarlet.
1850 J. Weale Rudim. Dict. Terms Archit. iv. 499/1 Venetian-red:..the colours sold under this name are prepared artificially from sulphate of iron, or its residuum in the manufacturing of acids.
1867 C. L. Bloxam Chemistry 322 Red oxide of iron has been already..referred to as occurring in commerce under the names of colcothar, jeweller's rouge, and Venetian red.
Venetian satin n. (see quots.).
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1786 6th Rep. Deputy Keeper Public Rec. App. ii. 175 A method..of manufacturing Silk and Mohair,..with materials which have never before been combined or manufactured together [as wood, reed, cane, straw, etc.], and which is called (by the Specifier) ‘Venetian Sattin’.
Venetian shutter n. a shutter constructed on the same principle as a Venetian blind; hence Venetian-shuttered.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > camera > parts and accessories of camera > [noun] > shutter
Venetian shutter1844
obturator1853
shutter1862
roller blind1882
leaf shutter1892
time shutter1893
between-lens shutter1909
barn door1942
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of windows > [noun] > fittings or ornaments of windows > shutter > made of laths
Persian1786
persienne1842
Venetian shutter1844
persiana1856
Persian blind1861
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of windows > [adjective] > having shutters
venetianed1839
jalousied1847
Venetian-shuttered1897
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 142 Venetian shutters, which may be opened more or less at pleasure.
1892 Photogr. Ann. II. p. cxxxiii The Plate, after exposure, goes into back chamber, a Venetian shutter being opened and closed.
1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 86 An infinity of flies going into the venetian shuttered window.
Venetian sole n. (see quots.).
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1803 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. IV. ii. 304 Venetian Sole, Pleuronectes Linguatula.
Venetian stitch n. (see quots.).
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > lace > loops or stitches
purl1564
jours1865
punto a maglia1865
whole stitch1870
fibre-stitch1882
hollie stitch1882
star1882
streak stitch1882
Venetian stitch1882
leadwork1900
Kat stitch1919
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 514/1 Venetian stitch, a term sometimes applied to close rows of Buttonholes as Fillings in Needlepoint Laces.
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1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Ulcer A Solution of Venetian Sublimate.
Venetian sumac n. the southern European shrub Rhus Cotinus.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > sumacs > [noun]
buck's-horna1450
rhus?1541
sumac1548
Venice sumac1597
poisonwood1671
poison tree1676
swamp sumac1722
urushi1727
stag-horn1753
Venetian sumac1755
poison ash1757
ipoh1779
poison sumac1785
ailanthus tree1789
Japan varnish1789
vinegar-plant1797
mountain sumac1813
poison dogwood1814
upas1814
karee1815
fustet1821
taaibos1821
poison elder1822
varnish sumac1822
Japan lacquer1835
tree of heaven1845
anacard1847
smoke plant1856
tanners' sumac1858
swamp dogwood1859
smoke-tree1860
wax-tree1866
wig-sumac1867
wig-tree1867
burnwood1874
vinegar-tree1874
mountain manchineel1884
valley of death tree1888
sugar-bush1900
smoke bush1902
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > trees or shrubs yielding dyes > [noun] > Venetian sumac shrub or wood
fustic1545
fust1682
Venetian sumac1755
fustet1821
wig-sumac1867
1755 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. IV. at Sumach Venetian Sumach, cotinus, in botany.
1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 467 R[hus] Cotinus,..Venetian Sumach of the English, has wood called Young Fustick.
1882 Garden 19 Aug. 163/3 There are few more striking objects than a large bush of the Venetian Sumach.
Venetian swell n. an organ-swell having the front constructed like a Venetian shutter.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] > swell or swell-box
swell1774
door-swell1852
roof swell1852
Venetian swell1852
wind-swell1852
1852 tr. J. J. Seidel Organ & its Constr. 27 The Venetian Swell..is the only sort used in England.
1880 C. A. Edwards Organs ii. xiv. 121 It is to Green that we owe the Venetian swell, which took its name from the resemblance it bears to the Venetian shutter.
Venetian talc n. a hydrous silicate of magnesia.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > [noun] > talc or steatite
Venetian earth1660
soap-stone1681
soap-earth1696
Venetian talca1728
soap-rock1746
steatite1758
lapis ollaris1794
lardite1794
ollite1811
Venetian chalk1839
Venice talc1867
French chalk1882
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > phyllosilicate > [noun] > talc > steatite
Venetian earth1660
soap-stone1681
soap-earth1696
Venetian talca1728
soap-rock1746
steatite1758
lapis ollaris1794
lardite1794
ollite1811
Venetian chalk1839
Venice talc1867
a1728 J. Woodward Attempt Nat. Hist. Fossils Eng. (1729) i. 62 This very much resembles what is sold in the Shops for Venetian Talc.
1836 T. Thomson Outl. Mineral. I. 186 This mineral..was formerly carried to Venice as an article of commerce, being employed in medicine. Hence the name Venetian talc.
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1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. G.vjv The greate kynde of thyme, wherof Dioscorides maketh mention of in Epithymo, is called nowe Venetian thyme.
Venetian turpentine n. Venice turpentine.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other vegetable materials > plant resin > [noun] > oleoresins from coniferous trees
pitcheOE
turpentine1322
alkitranc1400
cedriac1420
perrosin?a1425
pitch-rosinc1450
terebinth1483
alchitrean1562
frankincense1577
Venice turpentine1577
terebinthine1578
Venetian turpentine1598
Burgundy pitch1678
Strasbourg turpentine1683
terebinthina1693
Scio turpentine1710
rhinehurst1724
Canada balsam1754
Canada balsam1754
Canada turpentine1762
galipot1791
Canada pitch1831
dipping1832
pine gum1853
dip1856
scrape1856
virgin dip1856
pinol1889
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 42 b/2 Venetiane Terebentine.
1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. III. 505 48 parts of shell-lac, 12 of Venetian turpentine.
Venetian varnish n. (see quot.).
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > painting or coating materials > [noun] > varnish > types of
lac1598
lacquer1697
amber varnish1731
spirit varnish1738
fern-oil1753
Venetian varnish1755
Brunswick black1791
thitsi1832
Japan lacquer1835
nashiji1880
1755 Dict. Arts & Sci. at Varnish White varnish, called also venetian varnish, made of oil of turpentine, fine turpentine, and mastic.
Venetian vetch n. (see quot. 1731.)
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1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Orobus Broad-leav'd Creeping Orobus, with a small Pod, commonly call'd, Venetian Vetch.
1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. iii. 293 Persian Lilly, Lichnis, Venetian Vetch.
Venetian white n. (see quot.).
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1867 R. Hunt Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 6) III. 984 Venetian white, a carefully prepared carbonate of lead.
Venetian window n. (see quot. 1842).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [noun] > other types of window
loop1393
shot-windowc1405
gable window1428
batement light1445
church window1458
shot1513
casement1538
dream-hole1559
luket1564
draw window1567
loop-window1574
loophole1591
tower-windowc1593
thorough lights1600
squinch1602
turret window1603
slit1607
close-shuts1615
gutter window1620
street lighta1625
balcony-window1635
clere-story window1679
slip1730
air-loop1758
Venetian1766
Venetian window1775
sidelight1779
lancet window1781
French casement1804
double window1819
couplet1844
spire-light1846
lancet1848
tower-light1848
triplet1849
bar-window1857
pair-light1868
nook window1878
coupled windows1881
three-light1908–9
north-light1919
storm window1933
borrowed light1934
Thermopane1941
storms1952
1775 L. Shaw Hist. Moray 65 It is lighted, besides several windows in the side walls, by a Venetian window..in the western gavel.
1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott IV. v. 148 A square small room... It had but a single Venetian window.
1842 G. W. Francis Dict. Arts Venetian window, a window in three separate apertures, the two side ones being narrow, and separated from the centre by timber only.
Venetian window-blind n. = Venetian blind.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > screen > [noun] > other types of
speer1379
traverse1400
transom-lattice1689
blind1730
window blind1730
spire1768
Venetian window-blind1769
window shade1789
tatty1792
tat1810
Japanese screen1872
fusuma1880
curtain1895
mosquito door1929
tuku-tuku1936
fly-wire door1952
table screen1971
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of windows > [noun] > fittings or ornaments of windows > blind
umbrella1688
chick1698
blind1730
sunblind1766
Venetian window-blind1769
sunshade1774
roller blind1780
Venetian blind1791
Venetian1816
jalousie1824
shutter-blind1833
jealousy1834
festoon blind1837
shade1869
roll-up1960
mini-blind1974
1769 Public Advertiser 25 May 3/2 Venetian Window Blinds made by Edward Bevan.
Derivatives
Veˈnetianly adv.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Italians > [adverb] > Italian towns
Venetianly1851
1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick liv. 278 Through all the wide contrasting scenery..flows one continual stream of Venetianly corrupt and often lawless life.
1965 Guardian 3 Apr. 7/5 If you want to eat well and Venetianly in Venice..go to the best restaurants.
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