VENETIANS

Noun

Venetians

plural of Venetian

Anagrams

• Aventines

Source: Wiktionary


VENETIAN

Ve*ne"tian, a. Etym: [Cf. It. Veneziano, L. Venetianus.]

Definition: Of or pertaining to Venice in Italy. Venetian blind, a blind for windows, doors, etc., made of thin slats, either fixed at a certain angle in the shutter, or movable, and in the latter case so disposed as to overlap each other when close, and to show a series of open spaces for the admission of air and light when in other positions.

– Venetian carpet, an inexpensive carpet, used for passages and stairs, having a woolen warp which conceals the weft; the pattern is therefore commonly made up of simple stripes.

– Venetian chalk, a white compact or steatite, used for marking on cloth, etc.

– Venetian door (Arch.), a door having long, narrow windows or panes of glass on the sides.

– Venetian glass, a kind of glass made by the Venetians, for decorative purposes, by the combination of pieces of glass of different colors fused together and wrought into various ornamental patterns.

– Venetian red, a brownish red color, prepared from sulphate of iron; -- called also scarlet ocher.

– Venetian soap. See Castile soap, under Soap.

– Venetian sumac (Bot.), a South European tree (Rhus Cotinus) which yields the yellow dyewood called fustet; -- also called smoke tree.

– Venetian window (Arch.), a window consisting of a main window with an arched head, having on each side a long and narrow window with a square head.

Ve*ne"tian, n.

Definition: A native or inhabitant of Venice.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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