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Webster 1913 Edition
Venetian
Ve-ne′tian
,Adj.
[Cf. It.
Veneziano
, L. Venetianus
.] Of or pertaining to Venice in Italy.
Venetian blind
, a blind for windows, doors, etc., made of thin slats, either fixed at a certain angle in the shutter, or movable, and in the latter case so disposed as to overlap each other when closed, and to show a series of open spaces for the admission of air and light when in other positions.
– Venetian carpet
, an inexpensive carpet, used for passages and stairs, having a woolen warp which conceals the weft; the pattern is therefore commonly made up of simple stripes.
– Venetian chalk
, a white compact talc or steatite, used for marking on cloth, etc.
– Venetian door
(Arch.)
, a door having long, narrow windows or panes of glass on the sides.
– Venetian glass
, a kind of glass made by the Venetians, for decorative purposes, by the combination of pieces of glass of different colors fused together and wrought into various ornamental patterns.
– Venetian red
, a brownish red color, prepared from sulphate of iron; – called also
– scarlet ocher
. Venetian soap
. See
– Castile soap
, under Soap
. Venetian sumac
(Bot.)
, a South European tree (
– Rhus Cotinus
) which yields the yellow dyewood called fustet
; – also called smoke tree
. Venetian window
(Arch.)
, a window consisting of a main window with an arched head, having on each side a long and narrow window with a square head.
Ve-ne′tian
,Noun.
1.
A native or inhabitant of Venice.