Definition of Venetean
Ve*ne"tian (?), a. [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
close, 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 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, n. A native or inhabitant of
Venice.
Ve*ne"tian, n. 1.
pl. Galligaskins. [Obs.]
2. A Venetian blind. [Colloq.]
Ve*ne"tian (?), a. [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
close, 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 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, n. A native or inhabitant of
Venice.
Ve*ne"tian, n. 1.
pl. Galligaskins. [Obs.]
2. A Venetian blind. [Colloq.]
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Of, from, or relating to Venice.
- An inhabitant or a resident of Venice and the region of Venezia.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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