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VENERIES
Noun
veneries
plural of venery
Source: Wiktionary
VENERY
Ven"er*y, n. Etym: [L. Venus, Veneris, the goddess of love.]
Definition: Sexual love; sexual intercourse; coition. Contentment, without the pleasure of lawful venery, is continence; of unlawful, chastity. Grew.
Ven"er*y, n. Etym: [OE. venerie, F. vénerie, fr. OF. vener to hunt, L. venari. See Venison.]
Definition: The art, act, or practice of hunting; the sports of the chase. "Beasts of venery and fishes." Sir T. Browne. I love hunting and venery. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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