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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Venetian

/vən-ēsh'-ən/ · Ve·ne·tian · IPA /vəˈniʃən/
01 a. Of or pertaining to Venice in Italy.
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to Venice in Italy.
Phrases & compounds
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 — 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 — a South European tree (Rhus Cotinus) which yields the yellow dyewood called fustet; -- also called smoke tree.
Venetian window — a window consisting of a main window with an arched head, having on each side a long and narrow window with a square head.
02 n. A native or inhabitant of Venice.
  1. 1.
    A native or inhabitant of Venice.
  2. 2.
    Galligaskins.[Obs.]
  3. 3.
    A Venetian blind.[Colloq.]