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VENISON (pronounced venzon)

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 1007 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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VENISON (pronounced venzon)

VENISON (pronounced venzon) , originally a word meaning a beast of any See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind killed in the See also:

chase, but now only applied to the flesh of the See also:

deer prepared for eating. The O. Fr. veneisurs, venison, &e., mod. venison, meant the flesh of the deer or See also:

BOAR (0. Eng. bar; the word is found only in W. Ger. languages, cf. Dutch beer, Ger. Eber)

boar; the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal beasts of the chase (See also:

Lat. venatio, See also:

HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

hunting).

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