Emily Dickinson Lexicon

VEL'VET-ING, n.

The fine shag of velvet. – Cyc.

VEL'VET-PAV-ED, a.

Paved with velvet.

VEL'VET-Y, a.

Made of velvet, or like velvet; soft; smooth; delicate. – Med. Repos.

VE'NAL, a. [L. vena, a vein.]

Pertaining to a vein or to veins; contained in the veins; as, venal blood. [See Venous, which is generally used.]

VE'NAL, a. [L. venalis, from veneo, to be sold.]

1. Mercenary; prostitute; that may be bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration; as, a venal muse; venal services.
2. That may he sold; set to sale; as, all offices are venal in a corrupt government.
3. Purchased; as, a venal vote. – Junius.

VE-NAL'I-TY, n.

Mercenariness; the state of being influenced by money; prostitution of talents, offices or services for money or reward; as, the venality of a corrupt court.

VEN'A-RY, a. [L. venor, to hunt.]

Relating to hunting.

VE-NAT'IC, or VE-NAT'IC-AL, a. [L. venaticus, from venor, to hunt.]

Used in hunting.

VE-NA'TION, n. [L. venatio, from venor, to hunt.]

1. The act or practice of hunting. – Brown.
2. The state of being hunted. – Brown.
3. In botany, the manner in which the veins of leaves are arranged . – Lindley.

VEND, v.t. [L. vendo; Fr. vendre; It. vendere; Sp. vender.]

To sell; to transfer a thing and the exclusive right of possessing it, to another person for a pecuniary equivalent; as, to vend goods; to vend meat and vegetables in market. Vending differs from barter. We vend for money; we barter for commodities. Vend is applicable only to wares, merchandise, or other small articles, not to lands and tenements. We never say, to vend a farm, a lease, or a bond, a right or a horse.

VEND'ED, pp.

Sold; transferred for money; as goods.

VEND-EE', n.

The person to whom a thing is sold.

VEND'ER, n. [Fr. vendeur.]

A seller; one who transfers the exclusive right of possessing a thing, either his own, or that of another as his agent. Auctioneers are the venders of goods for other men.

VEND-I-BIL'I-TY, or VEND'I-BLE-NESS, n.

The state of being vendible or salable.

VEND'I-BLE, a. [L. vendibilis.]

Salable; that may be sold; that can be sold; as, vendible goods. Vendible differs from marketable; the latter signifies proper or fit for market, according to the laws or customs of a place. Vendible has no reference to such legal fitness.

VEND'I-BLE, n.

Something to be sold or offered for sale.

VEND'I-BLY, adv.

In a salable manner.

VEN-DI-TA'TION, n. [L. venditatio.]

A boastful display. [Not in use.] – B. Jonson.

VEND-I'TION, n. [Fr. from L. venditio.]

The act of selling; sale.

VEND'OR, n.

A vender; a seller.

VEND-UE', n. [Fr. vendu, sold.]

Auction; a public sale of any thing by outcry, to the highest bidder.

VEND-UE'-MAS'TER, n.

One who is authorized to make sale of any property to the highest bidder, by notification and public outcry; an auctioneer.

VE-NEER', n.

Thin slices of wood for inlaying.

VE-NEER', v.t. [G. furnieren. This word seems to be from the root of furnish, the primary sense of which is to put on.]

To inlay; to lay thin slices or leaves of fine wood of different kinds on a ground of common wood.

VE-NEER'ED, pp.

Inlaid; ornamented with marquetry.