'Venetian' definitions:
Definition of 'Venetian'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to or characteristic of Venice or its people; "Venetian glass"; "Venetian canals"
noun
A resident of Venice
Definition of 'Venetian'
From: GCIDE
- Venetian \Ve*ne"tian\, a. [Cf. It. Veneziano, L. Venetianus.] Of or pertaining to Venice in Italy. [1913 Webster]
- 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 (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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Venetian'
From: GCIDE
- Venetian \Ve*ne"tian\, n.
- 1. A native or inhabitant of Venice. [1913 Webster]
- 2. pl. Galligaskins. [Obs.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 3. A Venetian blind. [Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]