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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Venter

Vēnt'er, n.

noun

n. One who vents; one who utters, reports, or publishes. [Rare.] Barrow.

Vĕn’ter, n.

noun

n. [Lat., probably allied to Gr. ἔντερον, the entrails; Fr., Pr., Pg., & It. ventre, Sp. vientre.]

  1. (Anat.) (a.) The abdomen, or lower belly; — formerly applied to any large cavity containing viscera, as the head, thorax, and abdomen, called the three venters. (b.) The uterus or womb. (c.) The belly of a muscle.
  2. (Law.) A mother; as, A has a son B by one venter, and a daughter C by another venter; children by different venters.