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What's The Definition Of Venetian?

\Ve*ne"tian\, n. 1. pl. Galligaskins. [Obs.] 2. A Venetian blind. [Colloq.]
\Ve*ne"tian\, a. [Cf. It. Veneziano, L. Venetianus.] Of or pertaining to Venice in Italy. {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 close, 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 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.
\Ve*ne"tian\, n. A native or inhabitant of Venice.