venary adjective 1noun 1 adjective1 •Of or pertaining to hunting.there are oil-experts guaranteed to place their hands on petroleum with that unfailing energy with which the venary pig dives his nose above where the shy and shuddering truffle lurks in terror. — 1923 noun1 •(no longer used) The sport of hunting.Beasts of forest are properly hart, hind, buck, hare, boar, and wolf; but legally all wild beasts of venary. — 1797