Vellum
['veləm] or ['vɛləm]
Definition
(noun.) fine parchment prepared from the skin of a young animal e.g. a calf or lamb.
(noun.) a heavy creamy-colored paper resembling parchment.
Typed by Dominic--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A fine kind of parchment, usually made from calfskin, and rendered clear and white, -- used as for writing upon, and for binding books.
Checked by Juliana
Definition
n. a finer kind of parchment prepared by lime-baths and burnishing from the skins of calves kids or lambs.
Typist: Richard
Examples
- These 150 plates are interlaid with pieces of fine vellum about four inches square, and beaten till the gold is extended nearly to the size of the vellum leaves. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It is of little use unless I can cut letters, and press them on vellum as I did these cards. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The press worked to perfection, and when they removed the vellum sheet the printed letters were clear, beautifully formed, and ranged in perfect lines. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It is written on vellum, and is some four or five thousand years old. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It is written on vellum with a pen, and all the initial letters are illuminated. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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