Obs. [ad. It., Sp., or Pg. venturina, = F. aventurine AVENTURINE.]
1. (See quots.)
The sense is not recorded for the Continental word, and may be due to some misunderstanding.
1704. Dict. Rust. (1726), s.v. Japan, That it [sc. varnish] may not dry before the Venturine or Gold-Wire reduced to powder is sifted on it. Ibid., Venturine or Aventurine, is the most delicate and slender sort of Gold-wire, us’d by Embroiderers, &c.
1799. G. Smith, Laboratory, II. 441. As for the black and venturine, you must first lay a coat of varnish on the wood [etc.].
2. Venturine-stone; (see quot. and cf. AVENTURINE 1).
1775. Ash, Venturinestone, a kind of transparent stone brought from Italy powdered with a kind of gold dust.
