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  1. 1. a. Of or pertaining to Venice in Italy. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A native or inhabitant of Venice. Source: opted
  3. 3. adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Venice or its people Source: wordnet
  4. 4. n. a resident of Venice Source: wordnet
  5. 5. 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. A native or inhabitant of Venice. Source: webster
  6. 6. Of or pertaining to Venice in Italy. Venetian blind, a blindfor windows, doors, etc., made of thin slats, either fixed at acertain angle in the shutter, or movable, and in the latter case sodisposed as to overlap each other when close, and to show a series ofopen spaces for the admission of air and light when in otherpositions.-- Venetian carpet, an inexpensive carpet, used for passages andstairs, having a woolen warp which conceals the weft; the pattern istherefore commonly made up of simple stripes.-- Venetian chalk, a white compact or steatite, used for marking oncloth, etc.-- Venetian door (Arch.), a door having long, narrow windows orpanes of glass on the sides.-- Venetian glass, a kind of glass made by the Venetians, fordecorative purposes, by the combination of pieces of glass ofdifferent colors fused together and wrought into various ornamentalpatterns.-- Venetian red, a brownish red color, prepared from sulphate ofiron; -- called also scarlet ocher.-- Venetian soap. See Castile soap, under Soap.-- Venetian sumac (Bot.), a South European tree (Rhus Cotinus) whichyields the yellow dyewood called fustet; -- also called smoke tree.-- Venetian window (Arch.), a window consisting of a main windowwith an arched head, having on each side a long and narrow windowwith a square head. Source: adambom
  7. 7. j:100 n. a resident of Venice a. of or relating to or characteristic of Venice or its people Source: ecdict

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