Hypertext Webster Gateway: "venom"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Venom \Ven"om\, n. [OE. venim, OF. venim, F. venin, L. veneum.
Cf. {Venenate}.]
1. Matter fatal or injurious to life; poison; particularly,
the poisonous, the poisonous matter which certain animals,
such as serpents, scorpions, bees, etc., secrete in a
state of health, and communicate by thing or stinging.
Or hurtful worm with cankered venom bites. --Milton.
2. Spite; malice; malignity; evil quality. Chaucer. ``The
venom of such looks.'' --Shak.
Syn: Venom; virus; bane. See {Poison}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Venom \Ven"om\, v. t. [OE. venimen, OF. venimer, L. venenare.
See {Venom}, n.]
To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison. [R.] ``Venomed
vengeance.'' --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
venom
n 1: toxin secreted by animals (by certain snakes and poisonous
insects (e.g., spiders and scorpions))
2: feeling a need to see others suffer [syn: {malice}, {maliciousness},
{spite}, {spitefulness}]
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