VEN'ERY, noun [from Venus.] The pleasures of the bed. Contentment, without the pleasure of lawful venery is continence; of unlawful, chastity. VEN'ERY, noun [Latin venor, to hunt, that is, to drive or rush.] The act or exercise of hunting; the sports of the chase. Beasts of venery and fishes.
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