Definition of "venew" []

• Archaic spelling of venue. (noun)
• A bout, or turn, as at fencing; a thrust; a hit; a veney. (noun)

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• "The technical term in fencing for a hit — “A sweet touch, a quick venew of wit.”"
• "Now, by the salt wave of the Mediterraneum, a sweet touch, a quick venew of wit! snip, snap, quick and home! it rejoiceth my intellect: true wit!"
• "There is one circumstance in Sir John's character of Bishop Still, which is peculiarly applicable to Johnson: 'He became so famous a disputer, that the learnedest were even afraid to dispute with him; and he finding his own strength, could not stick to warn them in their arguments to take heed to their answers, like a perfect fencer that will tell aforehand in which button he will give the venew, or like a cunning chess-player that will appoint aforehand with which pawn and in what place he will give the mate.'"