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Webster 1913 Edition


Venation

Ve-na′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
vena
a vein.]
The arrangement or system of veins, as in the wing of an insect, or in the leaves of a plant. See Illust. in Appendix.

Ve-na′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
venatio
, fr.
venari
, p. p.
venatus
, to hunt. See
Venison
.]
The act or art of hunting, or the state of being hunted.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1828 Edition


Venation

VENA'TION

,
Noun.
[L. venatio, from venor, to hunt.]
1.
The act or practice of hunting.
2.
The state of being hunted.