Velvet

['velvɪt] or ['vɛlvɪt]

Definition

(noun.) a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back.

(adj.) resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface .

(adj.) smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste .

Typist: Rosa--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth.

(a.) Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety.

(v. i.) To pain velvet.

(v. t.) To make like, or cover with, velvet.

Checked by Jerome

Definition

n. a cloth made from silk with a close shaggy pile: a similar cloth made of cotton: the velvet-like covering of a growing antler: (slang) money gained by gambling.—adj. made of velvet: soft like velvet.—ns. Vel′veret a poor quality of velvet the web of cotton the pile of silk; Velveteen′ a fustian made of twilled cotton with a pile of the same material: a kind of velvet made of silk and cotton mixed throughout; Vel′vet-flower the love-lies-bleeding.—n.pl. Vel′vet-guards (Shak.) velvet trimmings applied metaphorically to the citizens who wore them.—ns. Vel′veting the nap of velvet: (pl.) velvet goods collectively; Vel′vet-leaf the Indian mallow; Vel′vet-pā′per flock paper; Vel′vet-pile any material with a long soft nap; Vel′vet-scō′ter a kind of black duck with large white spot on the wings; Vel′vet-work embroidery on velvet.—adj. Vel′vety made of or like velvet: soft: soft in taste or touch.—Stand on velvet to place one's bets in such a way as not to loose in any event.

Checker: Wyatt

Unserious Contents or Definition

To dream of velvet, portends very successful enterprises. If you wear it, some distinction will be conferred upon you. To see old velvet, means your prosperity will suffer from your extreme pride. If a young woman dreams that she is clothed in velvet garments, it denotes that she will have honors bestowed upon her, and the choice between several wealthy lovers.

Typist: Marvin

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