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Webster 1913 Edition


Velvet

Vel′vet

,
Noun.
[OE.
velouette
,
veluet
,
velwet
; cf. OF.
velluau
, LL.
velluetum
,
vellutum
, It.
velluto
, Sp.
velludo
; all fr. (assumed) LL.
villutus
shaggy, fr L.
villus
shaggy hair; akin to
vellus
a fleece, and E.
wool
. See
Wool
, and cf.
Villous
.]
2.
The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth.

Vel′vet

,
Adj.
Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety.
“ The cowslip’s velvet head.”
Milton.

Vel′vet

,
Verb.
I.
To pain velvet.
[R.]
Peacham.

Vel′vet

,
Verb.
T.
To make like, or cover with, velvet.
[R.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Velvet

VEL'VET

,
Noun.
[L. vellus, hair, nap.]
A rich silk stuff, covered on the outside with a close, short, fine, soft shag or nap. The name is given also to cotton stuffs.

VEL'VET

,
Verb.
T.
To paint velvet.

VEL'VET

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