Venison

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Venison \Ven"i*son\ (?; 277), n. [OE. veneison, veneson,
     venison, OF. veneison, F. venaison, L. venatio hunting, the
     chase, game, fr. venari, p. p. venatus, to hunt; perhaps akin
     to OHG. weidin[=o]n, weidenen, to pasture, to hunt, G. weide
     pasturage. Cf. {Gain} to acquire, {Venation}.]
     1. Beasts of the chase. [Obs.] --Fabyan.


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     2. Formerly, the flesh of any of the edible beasts of the
        chase, also of game birds; now, the flesh of animals of
        the deer kind exclusively.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Deer \Deer\ (d[=e]r), n. sing. & pl. [OE. der, deor, animal,
     wild animal, AS. de['o]r; akin to D. dier, OFries. diar, G.
     thier, tier, Icel. d[=y]r, Dan. dyr, Sw. djur, Goth. dius; of
     unknown origin. [root]71.]
     1. Any animal; especially, a wild animal. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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              Mice and rats, and such small deer.   --Shak.
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              The camel, that great deer.           --Lindisfarne
                                                    MS.
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     2. (Zool.) A ruminant of the genus {Cervus}, of many species,
        and of related genera of the family {Cervid[ae]}. The
        males, and in some species the females, have solid
        antlers, often much branched, which are shed annually.
        Their flesh, for which they are hunted, is called
        {venison}.
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     Note: The deer hunted in England is {Cervus elaphus}, called
           also stag or {red deer}; the fallow deer is {Cervus
           dama}; the common American deer is {Cervus
           Virginianus}; the blacktailed deer of Western North
           America is {Cervus Columbianus}; and the mule deer of
           the same region is {Cervus macrotis}. See {Axis},
           {Fallow deer}, {Mule deer}, {Reindeer}.
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     Note: Deer is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
           a compound; as, deerkiller, deerslayer, deerslaying,
           deer hunting, deer stealing, deerlike, etc.
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     {Deer mouse} (Zool.), the white-footed mouse ({Peromyscus
        leucopus}, formerly {Hesperomys leucopus}) of America.
  
     {Small deer}, petty game, not worth pursuing; -- used
        metaphorically. (See citation from Shakespeare under the
        first definition, above.) "Minor critics . . . can find
        leisure for the chase of such small deer." --G. P. Marsh.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  venison
       n : meat from a deer used as food

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "venison":
     aspic, barbecue, boiled meat, bouilli, civet, flesh, forcemeat,
     game, hachis, hash, jerky, joint, jugged hare, meat, menue viande,
     mince, pemmican, pot roast, roast, sausage meat, scrapple,
     viande