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venison


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Venison  \Ven"i*son\  (?;  277),  n.  [OE.  veneison,  veneson, 
  venison,  OF  veneison,  F.  venaison,  L.  venatio  hunting,  the 
  chase,  game,  fr  venari,  p.  p.  venatus  to  hunt;  perhaps  akin 
  to  OHG.  weidin?n,  weidenen  to  pasture,  to  hunt,  G.  weide 
  pasturage.  Cf  {Gain}  to  acquire,  {Venation}.] 
  1.  Beasts  of  the  chase.  [Obs.]  --Fabyan. 
 
  2.  Formerly,  the  flesh  of  any  of  the  edible  beasts  of  the 
  chase,  also  of  game  birds;  now  the  flesh  of  animals  of 
  the  deer  kind  exclusively. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  venison 
  n  :  meat  from  a  deer  used  as  food 




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