veney

See also: Veney

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛneɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɛneɪ

Noun

veney (plural veneys)

1. (obsolete) A bout; a thrust; a venew.
   • c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

     I bruised my shin th’ other day with playing at sword and dagger with a master of fence; three veneys for a dish of stewed prunes; and, by my troth, I cannot abide the smell of hot meat since.

See also

• venew
• visne