venue or veney (a fencing term), a thrust,
“a coming on, an onset; a turn or bout; a hit. The
commentators on Shakespeare have produced a great variety of instances, and differ in
their explanations only because they mistake application for meaning”
(Richardson's Dict.
):
“venue”
LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, v. 1.
52
(used metaphorically);
“veneys,”
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, i. 1.
259.
(Compare Jonson's Every Man in his Humour:
“Mat. But one venue, sir. Bob. Venue!
fie; most gross denomination as ever I heard: O, the stoccata, while you live, sir; note
that.”
Works, vol. i. p. 39, ed.
Gifford.
)
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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