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Venison

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(pronounced venzon), originally a word meaning a beast of any kind killed in the chase, but now only applied to the flesh of the deer prepared for eating. The O. Fr. veneisun, venoison, &c., mod. venoison, meant the flesh of the deer or boar, the principal beasts of the chase (Lat. venatio, hunting).

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Venison'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​v/venison.html. 1910.
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