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vel⋅lum

  [vel-uhm]
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–noun
1. calfskin, lambskin, kidskin, etc., treated for use as a writing surface.
2. a manuscript or the like on vellum.
3. a texture of paper or cloth resembling vellum.
–adjective
4. made of or resembling vellum.
5. bound in vellum.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME velum, velim < MF ve(e)lin of a calf. See veal, -in 1
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vel·lum   (věl'əm)   
n.  

    1. A fine parchment made from calfskin, lambskin, or kidskin and used for the pages and binding of books.

    2. A work written or printed on this parchment.

  2. A heavy off-white fine-quality paper resembling this parchment.


[Middle English velim, from Old French velin, from veel, calf; see veal.]
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Word Origin & History

vellum 
c.1430, from O.Fr. velin "parchment made from calfskin," from vel, veel "calf" (see veal).
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