Venetian

[Sarah]

Of or pertaining to Venice in Italy. Venetian blind, a blindfor windows, doors, etc., made of thin slats, either fixed at acertain angle in the shutter, or movable, and in the latter case sodisposed as to overlap each other when close, and to show a series ofopen spaces for the admission of air and light when in otherpositions.-- Venetian carpet, an inexpensive carpet, used for passages andstairs, having a woolen warp which conceals the weft; the pattern istherefore commonly made up of simple stripes.-- Venetian chalk, a white compact or steatite, used for marking oncloth, etc.-- Venetian door (Arch.), a door having long, narrow windows orpanes of glass on the sides.-- Venetian glass, a kind of glass made by the Venetians, fordecorative purposes, by the combination of pieces of glass ofdifferent colors fused together and wrought into various ornamentalpatterns.-- Venetian red, a brownish red color, prepared from sulphate ofiron; -- called also scarlet ocher.-- Venetian soap. See Castile soap, under Soap.-- Venetian sumac (Bot.), a South European tree (Rhus Cotinus) whichyields the yellow dyewood called fustet; -- also called smoke tree.-- Venetian window (Arch.), a window consisting of a main windowwith an arched head, having on each side a long and narrow windowwith a square head.

[Lanell]

[Venetian] is to [Venice] what American is to America. Venice is a

city of style and swag, so something that is [so Venetian] is so

stylish and so #swag.

[Greta]

Relating to Venice or its people.