veney
See also: Veney
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɛneɪ/
- Rhymes: -ɛneɪ
Noun
veney (plural veneys)
- (obsolete) A bout; a thrust; a venew.
- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
- I bruised my shin th’ other day with playing at sword and dagger with a master of fence; three veneys for a dish of stewed prunes; and, by my troth, I cannot abide the smell of hot meat since.
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