the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Sexual love; sexual intercourse; coition.
n. The art, act, or practice of hunting; the sports of the chase.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act or exercise of hunting; the sports of the chase; hunting.
n. Beasts of the chase; game.
n. A kennel for hunting-dogs.
n. Gratification of the sexual desire.
Word Usage
"Others again understand it of preposterous venery, which is absurd: every ancient law-giver framed his code to increase the true wealth of the people — population — and severely punished all processes, like onanism, which impeded it."