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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Venee, n. [e.m.E. venny (1578), venie (1586), altered f. Venue n.] A blow. —Urquhart Jewel Wks. (1834) 223.
The three aforesaid gentlemen, who were wounded in the very same parts of their bodies by other such three venees as these
