_Venda_ (Vol. vii., p. 179.).--This word, in Portuguese, signifies a place
where wine and meat are sold by retail in a tavern. It also appears to
answer to the Spanish _Venta_, a road-side inn; something between the
French and English inn, and the Eastern caravansaries. In the places which
C. E. F. mentions, _Venda_ in Portugal is like Osteria in Italy, of which
plenty will be seen on the plains of the Campagna at Rome.