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vel⋅vet
[vel-vit] 
vɪt
–noun
| 1. | a fabric of silk, nylon, acetate, rayon, etc., sometimes having a cotton backing, with a thick, soft pile formed of loops of the warp thread either cut at the outer end or left uncut. |
| 2. | something likened to the fabric velvet, as in softness or texture: the velvet of her touch; the velvet of the lawn. |
| 3. | the soft, deciduous covering of a growing antler. |
| 4. | Informal. a very pleasant, luxurious, desirable situation. |
| 5. | Informal.
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–adjective
| 6. | Also, vel⋅vet⋅ed. made of velvet or covered with velvet. |
| 7. | Also, vel⋅vet⋅like. resembling or suggesting velvet; smooth; soft; velvety: a velvet night; a cat's velvet fur. |
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| vel·vet (věl'vĭt) n.
[Middle English veluet, probably from Old Provençal, from Vulgar Latin *villūtittus, diminutive of *villūtus, from Latin villus, shaggy hair, nap.] |
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Velvet
Vel"vet\, n. [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.]1. A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back. 2. The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth. Cotton velvet, an imitation of velvet, made of cotton. Velvet cork, the best kind of cork bark, supple, elastic, and not woody or porous. Velvet crab a European crab (Portunus puber). When adult the black carapace is covered with a velvety pile. Called also lady crab, and velvet fiddler. Velvet dock (Bot.), the common mullein. Velvet duck. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A large European sea duck, or scoter (Oidemia fusca). The adult male is glossy, velvety black, with a white speculum on each wing, and a white patch behind each eye. (b) The American whitewinged scoter. See Scoter. Velvet flower (Bot.), love-lies-bleeding. See under Love. Velvet grass (Bot.), a tall grass (Holcus lanatus) with velvety stem and leaves; -- called also soft grass. Velvet runner (Zo["o]l.), the water rail; -- so called from its quiet, stealthy manner of running. [Prov. Eng.] Velvet scoter. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Velvet duck, above. Velvet sponge. (Zo["o]l.) See under Sponge.Velvet
Vel"vet\, a. Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety. " The cowslip's velvet head." --Milton.Velvet
Vel"vet\, v. i. To pain velvet. [R.] --Peacham.Velvet
Vel"vet\, v. t. To make like, or cover with, velvet. [R.]
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Language Translation for : velvet
Spanish:
terciopelo,
German:
der Samt, Samt-…,
Japanese:
ビロード
velvet
1320, probably from O.Prov. veluet, from V.L. *villutittus, dim. of V.L. villutus "velvet," lit. "shaggy cloth," from L. villus "shaggy hair, nap of cloth, tuft of hair," probably a dialectal variant of vellus "fleece."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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velvet
see under iron hand.
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