Venicen.
/ˈvɛnɪs/, U.S. /ˈvɛnəs/ a. Venice glass n. (a) a very fine and delicate kind of glass, originally manufactured at Murano, near Venice; (b) an article made of this, esp. a drinking vessel or vial; (c) a Venetian mirror.The extreme brittleness of vessels made of this glass is frequently alluded to in the 17th century.
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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > glass
glassc888
verrea1382
Venice glass1527
rummer1625
bottle glass1626
Malaga glassa1627
flute1649
flute-glass1668
long glass1680
mum-glass1684
toasting glass1703
wine glass1709
tulip-glass1755
tun-glass1755
water glass1779
tumbler-glass1795
Madeira glass1801
tumbling glass1803
noggin glass1805
champagne glass1815
table glass1815
balloon glass1819
copita1841
firing glass1842
nobbler1842
thimble glass1843
wine1848
liqueur-glass1850
straw-stem1853
pokal1854
goblet1856
mousseline1862
pony glass1862
long-sleever1872
cocktail glass1873
champagne flute1882
yard-glass1882
sleever1896
tea-glass1898
liqueur1907
dock-glass1911
toast-master glass1916
Waterford1916
stem-glass1922
Pilsner glass1923
Amen glass1924
ballon1930
balloon goblet1931
thistle glass1935
snifter1937
balloon1951
shot-glass1955
handle1956
tulip1961
schooner1967
champagne fountain1973
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > mirror > [noun] > looking-glass
looking-glass1526
Venice glass1527
tooting-glassc1560
seeing-glass1565
girdle-glassa1652
Venice looking-glass1655
considering-glass1660
peeper1673
long glass1680
table glass1688
dressing glass1697
keeking-glassa1724
toilet glass1729
long mirror1793
swing-glass1809
hand glass1832
cheval-glass1836
psyche1838
tire-glass1844
tiring-glass1844
driving mirror1907
wing mirror1925
swing mirror1930
vanity mirror1959
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
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [noun] > glass > glass-work or glassware > types of > piece of
Venice glass1527
sheet glass1805
Ravenscroft1924
whimsy1938
St. Louis1969
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(b)1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) ii. vi. 166/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I As for drinke it is vsuallie filled in..bols of siluer in noble mens houses, also in fine Venice glasses of all formes.1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 33 In a Venice Glasse, before our eyne, We see the water intermixe with wine.1620 T. Gataker Marriage Duties 41 The more britle a Venice glasse is, the more gingerly we handle it.1669 R. Boyle Of Absolute Rest in Bodies 22 in Certain Physiol. Ess. (ed. 2) Having enquired of a famous..Maker of Telescopes..whether he did not observe that the Venice-Glasses he employed would sometimes crack of themselves whilst they were yet in Plates.1688 On Death in J. Barker Poet. Recreations ii. 45 Life is a Bubble;..'Tis far more brittle than a Venice-Glass.(c)1850 E. B. Browning Sonnets from Portuguese ix, in Poems (new ed.) II. 446 I will not..breathe my poison on thy Venice-glass.1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. ix. 186 On which poor Lady Esmond gave a rueful smile, and a look into a little Venice glass she had.1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Aijv They must be made of venys glasse bycause they sholde the better withstande the hete of the fyre.
a1582 W. Bourne Treat. Properties of Glasses v, in J. O. Halliwell Rara Mathematica (1839) 41 Then they must prepare very cleare and white Glasse..; as fyne and white Vennys Glasse.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §770 The Crystalline Venice Glass is reported to be a mixture, in equal portions, of Stones brought from Pavia, by the River Ticinum, and the Ashes of a Weed called by the Arabs, Kall.
1673 A. Walker Leez Lachrymans 13 Their Venice-glass..cracks with as slight a blow as pots of courser clay.
b. Venice treacle n. in old pharmacy, an electuary composed of many ingredients and supposed to possess universal alexipharmic and preservative properties. Cf. treacle n. 1c. Now archaic.Also occasionally called treacle of Venice.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [noun] > a medicine or medicament > universal medicine > specific
Venice treacle1617
tinder-water1748
1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 141 A little Venice Trekle or other Trekle.
1635 J. Taylor Life T. Parr C 3 And Garlick hee esteem'd above the rate Of Venice-Triacle, or best Mithridate.
1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. xxv And as well may we be afraid to take the Venice Treacle, because of its being long kept in boxes of Lead.
1721 W. Gibson Farriers Dispensatory iii. v. 146 Venice Treacle. This is also called the Theriaca, or Treacle of Andromachus.
1753 J. Bartlet Gentleman's Farriery xlii. 302 Internally, for bites from vipers, may be given cordial medicines, such as Venice treacle and salt of hartshorn.
1797 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 573/2 The Muscovites at all times reject as impure..rabbit, ass's milk, mare's milk, and Venice-treacle.
1831 W. Scott Kenilworth (rev. ed.) xiii, in Waverley Novels XXII. 244 Orvietan, or Venice treacle, as it was sometimes called, was understood to be a sovereign remedy against poison.
c. Venice turpentine n. (see quots. c1789, 1800, and turpentine n. 1b).
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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
1577 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Three Bookes ii. f. 45 Adde therto three Ounces of Venise Turpentine.
1736 N. Bailey Dict. Domesticum at Ague Mix the powder of white Hellebore roots with right Venice Turpentine.
c1789 Encycl. Brit. IV. 567/1 The kind now called Venice turpentine, is no other than a mixture of eight parts of common yellow or black rosin with five parts of oil of turpentine. What was originally Venice turpentine is now unknown.
1800 E. Darwin Phytologia vi. viii. 84 Thus what is called Venice turpentine is obtained from the larch by wounding the bark about two feet from the ground, and catching it as it exsudes.
1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 278 The ointment is made as follows:—Quicksilver, 1 lb.; Venice Turpentine, ½ lb.
1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. III. 503 The common varnish used for oil paintings and maps consists of 24 parts of mastic, 3 of Venice turpentine, and 1 of camphor.
Compounds
C1. The name of the city (the capital of the province of the same name) in the north-east of Italy, used attributively to designate various articles made there or having some connection with the locality. (Cf. Venetian n. 2.)
Venice lace n.
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1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace iv. 45 It is not, however, till the reign of Elizabeth, that Italian cutworks and Venice lace came into general use.
1929 Oxf. Poetry 3 Every fallen shadow weaves Venice lace for kindly aunts.
1974 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) 15 Aug. v. 6/1 A flounce capelet edged in venice lace.
Venice looking-glass n.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > mirror > [noun] > looking-glass
looking-glass1526
Venice glass1527
tooting-glassc1560
seeing-glass1565
girdle-glassa1652
Venice looking-glass1655
considering-glass1660
peeper1673
long glass1680
table glass1688
dressing glass1697
keeking-glassa1724
toilet glass1729
long mirror1793
swing-glass1809
hand glass1832
cheval-glass1836
psyche1838
tire-glass1844
tiring-glass1844
driving mirror1907
wing mirror1925
swing mirror1930
vanity mirror1959
1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. xviii. 43 A new Venice Looking-Glasse wherin you may behold that admired Maiden-Citty in her tru complexion.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxiv. 587 The great Venice looking-glasses, framed in silver.
Venice paper n.
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a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Cambr. 149 Such who object that we can never equall the perfection of Venice-paper.
Venice point n.
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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
1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace iv. 47 This is our Rose (raised) Venice point, the Gros Point de Venise, the Punto a rilievo, so highly prized and so extensively used for albs, collerettes..and costly decoration.
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 513/1 The fine Needlepoints made at Brussels..were worn..in preference to the heavier Venice Points.
1883 Mag. Art Dec. 66/2 Louis XIV. had a passion for Venice point.
Venice tinsel n.
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1547 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Edward VI (1914) 23 Tilsent [= tinsel] whyte and venice.
Venice vial n.
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a1704 T. Brown Dispensary in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) iii. 77 My Cordials are all put into Venice Vials.
Venice work n.
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1555 R. Eden Disc. Vyage rounde Worlde in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 226 They esteeme nothyng more precious then drynkyng glasses of Venice woorke.
C2. † Venice beam n. Obsolete see Roman beam n. at Roman n.1 and adj.1 Compounds 4. † Venice sumac n. Obsolete = Venetian sumac n. at Venetian n. and adj. Compounds.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > [noun] > a weighing apparatus > steelyard
statera?a1560
pundler1575
Roman balance1585
Roman beam1611
stelleer1611
Venice beam1611
steelyard1639
bismar1701
Roman steelyard1730
staff-bismara1733
weigh-beam1804
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Traineau à plommée,..a Roman, or Venice beame, for the weighing of things.
Venice blue n. (see quot.).
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > light blue
watchetc1405
vessey colour1562
fesse1587
Venice blue1598
Turkey colour1661
powder blue1752
Eton blue1851
ice-blue1851
periwinkle blue1852
Cambridge blue1858
baby blue1861
starch blue1875
duck's egg1876
pervenche1876
opal blue1881
periwinkle1895
pervenche blue1898
harebell blue1909
horizon-blue1919
Nattier blue1923
zircon blue1928
Mary blue1943
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Veneto, a light or Venice blew, a Turkie colour.
Venice crown n. Heraldry (see quot.).
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of articles of clothing > [noun] > crowns and coronets
triple crown1555
coronet1709
radiate crown1752
tiara1780
Venice crownc1828
c1828 W. Berry Encycl. Her. I. Gloss. Venice Crown, the crown, or cap of state, worn by the Doge, is made of cloth of gold,..covered with precious stones, and having two long ears, or lappets, pointed at the ends, hanging down at the sides.
Venice gold n. (cf. gold n.1 3a).
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > metallic > gold or silver
goldOE
fildora1350
gold or silk threadc1386
purl1394
silver1423
shreda1450
Venice gold1506
Venice silver1574
spun gold1728
passing1848
tambour1899
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > embroidered fabric > embroidered with gold thread
goldOE
Venice gold1506
1506 Paston Lett. III. 404 The [horse-] harnes of Venys gold.
1520–1 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 310 Item, paid for a vnce of venes golde iijs viijd.
1535 Inventory Wardrobe Katharine of Arragon 26 in Camden Misc. (1855) III Fringid withe grene silke and Venysse golde.
1558 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 40 viii Aperns of white gowlde sarsnet edged with veniys gowlde frenge.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) ii. i. 350 Vallens of Venice gold, in needle worke.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. ii. 38 Her hat..being of tawney taffeta, embroidered with scorpions of Venice gold.
Venice lac n. (see lac n.1 2).
Venice mallow n. a Mediterranean hibiscus, Hibiscus trionum, with a calyx which becomes bladdery in fruit.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Malvaceae (mallows and allies) > [noun] > hibiscus plants
thorny mallow1597
Venice mallow1597
hibiscus1706
flower of an hour1818
mallow rose1840
roselle1840
sabdariffa1866
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 791 Alcea Peregrina. Venice Mallowe.
Venice silver n. (cf. silver n. 4).
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > metallic > gold or silver
goldOE
fildora1350
gold or silk threadc1386
purl1394
silver1423
shreda1450
Venice gold1506
Venice silver1574
spun gold1728
passing1848
tambour1899
1574 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 234 Ritchly wroughte with venys sylver.
Venice soap n. (see quots.).
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > soap > type of soap > specific
hard soap?a1425
oatmeal soapa1525
spatarent soap1526
Castile soap1631
Naples soapa1739
yellow soap1762
honey soap1772
curd soap1780
primrose soap1796
palm soap1821
Gallipoli soap1822
Windsor soap1822
Windsor1836
Venice soap1842
scum-soap1852
sand-soap1855
lime soap1857
marine soap1857
sassafras soap1860
carbolic soap1863
sulphur soap1894
opopanax soap1897
primrose1899
rock1903
carbolic1907
Crazy Foam1965
1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 202 Venice-Sope..is very like and nothing inferiour to Castile-Sope. It is made of the best Oil Olive.
1792 J. Woodforde Diary 26 July (1927) III. 364 At D[itt]o. for Venice Soap 1. 0.
1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 171/1 White soda soap..in a less pure state..is called Alicant, Venice, or Spanish soap.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Venice~soap, a mottled soap made with olive-oil and soda, with a little sulphate of iron in solution, or sulphate of zinc.
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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
1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1293 The first is called Coggygria and Coccygria: in English Venice Sumach, or Silken Sumach.
1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum at Rhus The Venice Sumach, or Coggygria, sive Colinus Coriaria.
Venice talc 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
1867 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 109/1 Steatite, or Soap-stone,..is sold..under the names of Briançon Chalk, French Chalk, and Venice Talc.
Venice white n. (see quots.).
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the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > barium > [noun] > compounds
barane1812
Venice white1839
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1298 When white lead is mixed in equal quantities with ground sulphate of barytes, it is known in France and Germany by the name of Venice white.
1860 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 722/1 Venice White contains 1 part of Baryta, and 1 part of White Lead.
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