Vocabulary : Velum to Velveting

Velum : Curtain or covering; -- applied to various membranous partitions, especially to the soft palate. See under Palate. ;; See Veil, n., 3 (b). ;; A thin membrane surrounding the sporocarps of quillworts Isoetes). ;; A veil-like organ or part. ;; The circular membrane that partially incloses the space beneath the umbrella of hydroid medusae. ;; A delicate funnel-like membrane around the flagellum of certain Infusoria. See Illust. a of Protozoa.
Velure : Velvet.
Velutina : Any one of several species of marine gastropods belonging to Velutina and allied genera.
Velutinous : Having the surface covered with a fine and dense silky pubescence; velvety; as, a velutinous leaf.
Velverd : The veltfare.

Velveret : A kind of velvet having cotton back.
Velvet : 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. ;; The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth. ;; Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety. ;; To pain velvet. ;; To make like, or cover with, velvet.
Velvetbreast : The goosander.
Velveteen : A kind of cloth, usually cotton, made in imitation of velvet; cotton velvet.
Velveting : The fine shag or nap of velvet; a piece of velvet; velvet goods.

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