Venous leaf (Bot.), a leaf having vessels branching, or variously
divided, over its surface. — Venous hum (Med.), a humming sound, or
bruit, heard during auscultation of the veins of the neck in anæmia. —
Venous pulse (Physiol.), the pulse, or rhythmic contraction, sometimes
seen in a vein, as in the neck, when there is an obstruction to the
passage of blood from the auricles to the ventricles, or when there is
an abnormal rigidity in the walls of the greater vessels. There is
normally no pulse in a vein.
Vent (?), n. [F. vente, fr. L. vendere, -itum, to sell; perh. confused
with E. vent an opening. See Vend.] Sale; opportunity to sell; market.
[Obs.] Shelton.
There is no vent for any commodity but of wool.
Sir W. Temple.