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A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice.
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Of or pertaining to Venice in Italy.
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The discharge of a river or current of water into the ocean, or into a lake or pond; as, the fall of the Po into the Gulf of Venice.
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Of or pertaining to a sea so named, the northwestern part of which is known as the Gulf of Venice.
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The state barge of Venice, used by the doge in the ceremony of espousing the Adriatic.
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An old gold coin of Italy and Turkey. It was first struck at Venice about the end of the 13th century, and afterward in the other Italian cities, and by the Levant trade was introduced into Turkey. It is worth about 9s. 3d. sterling, or about $2.25. The different kinds vary somewhat in value.
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The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
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The wood of the Rhus Cptinus or Venice sumach, a shrub of Southern Europe, which yields a fine orange color, which, however, is not durable without a mordant.
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A native or inhabitant of Venice.
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A long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, used in the canals of Venice. A gondola is usually propelled by one or two oarsmen who stand facing the prow, or by poling. A gondola for passengers has a small open cabin amidships, for their protection against the sun or rain. A sumptuary law of Venice required that gondolas should be painted black, and they are customarily so painted now.
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An ancient composition esteemed efficacious against the effects of poison; especially, a certain compound of sixty-four drugs, prepared, pulverized, and reduced by means of honey to an electuary; -- called also theriaca Andromachi, and Venice treacle.
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The Arsenal in Venice; -- so called from having a figure of an archer over the door.
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A grandee or nobleman of Venice; -- so called in courtesy.
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A bank, especially that of Venice.
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Originally, a gondola race in Venice; now, a rowing or sailing race, or a series of such races.
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An epithet applied to editions (chiefly of the classics) which proceeded from the press of Aldus Manitius, and his family, of Venice, for the most part in the 16th century and known by the sign of the anchor and the dolphin. The term has also been applied to certain elegant editions of English works.
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A white pigment; as, Venice white.
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A shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake, especially one into which the sea flows; as, the lagoons of Venice.
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