Hypertext Webster Gateway: "venery"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Venery \Ven"er*y\, n. [L. Venus, Veneris, the goddess of love.]
Sexual love; sexual intercourse; coition.
Contentment, without the pleasure of lawful venery, is
continence; of unlawful, chastity. --Grew.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Venery \Ven"er*y\, n. [OE. venerie, F. v['e]nerie, fr. OF. vener
to hunt, L. venari. See {Venison}.]
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.
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