Velvet

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.]
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     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, or with other soft fibers such as nylon,
        acetate, or rayon.
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     2. The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops
        and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid
        growth.
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     3. Something likened to velvet[1] in being soft or luxurious;
        as, a lawn of velvet.
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     {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} (Zool.), 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}. (Zool.)
        (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} (Zool.), the water rail; -- so called from
        its quiet, stealthy manner of running. [Prov. Eng.]
  
     {Velvet scoter}. (Zool.) Same as {Velvet duck}, above.
  
     {Velvet sponge}. (Zool.) See under {Sponge}.
  
     {in velvet} having a coating of velvet[2] over the antlers;
        in the annual stage where the antlers are still growing;
        -- of deer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Velvet \Vel"vet\, a.
     Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety. "
     The cowslip's velvet head." --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Velvet \Vel"vet\, v. i.
     To pain velvet. [R.] --Peacham.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Velvet \Vel"vet\, v. t.
     To make like, or cover with, velvet. [R.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  velvet
       adj 1: smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste [syn:
              {velvety}]
       2: resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface [syn: {velvety}]
       n : a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  103 Moby Thesaurus words for "velvet":
     Easy Street, affluence, alabaster, bed of roses, billiard table,
     blubber, bowling alley, bowling green, breeze, butter, cinch, clay,
     clover, comfort, contentment, cushion, daintiness, delicacy, dough,
     down, downiness, ease, easy circumstances, easy target, easy thing,
     eiderdown, feather bed, feathers, felicity, filminess,
     fine-grainedness, fineness, flat, fleece, fleshpots, floss, flue,
     fluff, fluffiness, foam, fuzz, fuzziness, glass, gossameriness,
     gracious life, gracious living, happiness, ice, ivory, kapok,
     lap of luxury, level, life of ease, loaves and fishes, luxury,
     mahogany, marble, peach fuzz, picnic, pie, piece of cake, pillow,
     plane, plush, prosperity, prosperousness, pubescence, pudding,
     puff, pushover, putty, refinement, rubber, satin, satininess,
     security, setup, silk, silkiness, sinecure, sitting duck, slide,
     smooth, smoothness, snap, softness, solid comfort, success,
     swansdown, tennis court, the affluent life, the good life,
     thistledown, thriving condition, upward mobility, velvetiness, wax,
     weal, wealth, welfare, well-being, wool, zephyr