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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—V

Venison

Anything taken in hunting or by the chase. Hence Jacob bids Esau to go and get venison such as he loved (Gen. xxvii. 3), meaning the wild kid. The word is simply the Latin venatio (hunting), but is now restricted to the flesh of deer.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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