enˈvenoming, vbl. n.
[f. envenom v.]
The action of the verb envenom. Also concr.
| c 1386 Chaucer Merch. T. 816 Thy tayl is deth, thurgh thin envenymynge. c 1450 Lonelich Grail l. 607 The ton was for the envemynenge, þe toþer for scharpnesse. 1627–77 Feltham Resolves i. xxi. 38 The ways he strews with serpents and invenomings. |