▪ I. † venin, n.1 Obs.
In 4–5 venyn.
[a. OF. venin:—L. venēn-um.]
Venom, poison.
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 9005 Venyn for salue wyþ hym he nam, Als a monk to court he cam. c 1380 Wyclif Three Treat. (1851) p. xxxvi, As Crist techiþ in his gospel, hou þat men shulden..forsake her cumpenye as venyn [v.r. venym]. c 1400 Apol. Loll. 57 Triacle is turnid in to venyn, and þis þat was foundun to remedie, is foundun to deþ. |
Hence † venin v. trans., to poison. Obs.—0
| a 1500 Prompt. Parv. 508/2 (MS. H.), Venynyn or venymyn, veneno. |
▪ II. ˈvenin, n.2 Chem.
Also -ine, -ene.
[f. venom + -in1.]
A toxic substance forming the distinctive element in snake-venom.
| (In recent Dicts.) |