† velvet headn.

Forms: Also 1500s vellet head, 1600s velvet-head.

Etymology: < velvet n. 2.

Obsolete.

1. The head of a deer while the horns are still covered with velvet. Also transferred of a kid (quot. 1579).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [noun] > kid > parts of

velvet head1575

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > body and parts > antler > skin covering > antlers having

velvet head1575

1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxxix. 242 His heade is called then a veluet heade.

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. May f. 19 His Vellet head began to shoote out, And his wreathed hornes gan newly sprout.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 124 Hornes..couered with a rough skinne, which the hunters for honours sake call a Veluet head.

1626 N. Breton Fantasticks in Wks. (1879) II. 12/1 The veluet heads of the Forrests fall at the loose of the Crosse-bow.

1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation i. 15 If you geld him when he hath a velvet Head, it will ever be so, without fraying or burnishing.

2. Applied contemptuously to a person.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > novice or beginner

younglingOE

new-comeOE

novice1340

ginner?c1400

beginner1470

apprentice1489

prentice1489

infant1526

freshmana1557

intrant1560

enterer1565

puny?1570

weakling1575

new comeling1587

novist1587

incipient1589

puisne1592

abecedary1596

neophyte1600

abecedarian1603

bachelor1604

novelist?1608

alphabetary1611

breeching boy1611

tiro1611

alphabetarian1614

principiant1619

unexperienced1622

velvet head1631

undergraduatea1659

young stager1664

greenhorn1672

battledore boy1693

youngster1706

tironist1716

novitiatea1734

recruit1749

griffin1793

initiate1811

Johnny Newcome1815

Johnny Raw1823

griff1829

plebe1833

Johnny-come-lately1839

new chum1851

blanc-bec1853

fledgling1856

rookie1868

elementarian1876

tenderfoot1881

shorthorn1888

new kid1894

cheechako1897

ring-neck1898

Johnny1901

rook1902

fresh meat1908

malihini1914

initiand1915

stooge1930

intakea1943

cub1966

1631 B. Jonson New Inne ii. vi. 38 What sayes old veluet-head?

Derivatives

† velvet-headed adj. In quots. figurative and Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [adjective] > having antlers > covered with skin

velvet-headed1647

in velvet1880

1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 23 Roman Prelacy in these yonger times was but Velvet-headed.

1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 41 You will expose your Flocks to all the new~fangled Errours..that bud so fast, out of the Brow-antlers of our velvet-headed Brockets.

1678 A. Marvell Acct. Growth Popery (new ed.) 6 He lays the same claim still,..and though Velvet-headed hath the more itch to be pushing.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	velvet head
释义	† velvet headn. Forms: Also 1500s vellet head, 1600s velvet-head. Etymology: < velvet n. 2. Obsolete. 1. The head of a deer while the horns are still covered with velvet. Also transferred of a kid (quot. 1579). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [noun] > kid > parts of velvet head1575 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > body and parts > antler > skin covering > antlers having velvet head1575 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxxix. 242 His heade is called then a veluet heade. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. May f. 19 His Vellet head began to shoote out, And his wreathed hornes gan newly sprout. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 124 Hornes..couered with a rough skinne, which the hunters for honours sake call a Veluet head. 1626 N. Breton Fantasticks in Wks. (1879) II. 12/1 The veluet heads of the Forrests fall at the loose of the Crosse-bow. 1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation i. 15 If you geld him when he hath a velvet Head, it will ever be so, without fraying or burnishing. 2. Applied contemptuously to a person. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > novice or beginner younglingOE new-comeOE novice1340 ginner?c1400 beginner1470 apprentice1489 prentice1489 infant1526 freshmana1557 intrant1560 enterer1565 puny?1570 weakling1575 new comeling1587 novist1587 incipient1589 puisne1592 abecedary1596 neophyte1600 abecedarian1603 bachelor1604 novelist?1608 alphabetary1611 breeching boy1611 tiro1611 alphabetarian1614 principiant1619 unexperienced1622 velvet head1631 undergraduatea1659 young stager1664 greenhorn1672 battledore boy1693 youngster1706 tironist1716 novitiatea1734 recruit1749 griffin1793 initiate1811 Johnny Newcome1815 Johnny Raw1823 griff1829 plebe1833 Johnny-come-lately1839 new chum1851 blanc-bec1853 fledgling1856 rookie1868 elementarian1876 tenderfoot1881 shorthorn1888 new kid1894 cheechako1897 ring-neck1898 Johnny1901 rook1902 fresh meat1908 malihini1914 initiand1915 stooge1930 intakea1943 cub1966 1631 B. Jonson New Inne ii. vi. 38 What sayes old veluet-head? Derivatives † velvet-headed adj. In quots. figurative and Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [adjective] > having antlers > covered with skin velvet-headed1647 in velvet1880 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 23 Roman Prelacy in these yonger times was but Velvet-headed. 1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 41 You will expose your Flocks to all the new~fangled Errours..that bud so fast, out of the Brow-antlers of our velvet-headed Brockets. 1678 A. Marvell Acct. Growth Popery (new ed.) 6 He lays the same claim still,..and though Velvet-headed hath the more itch to be pushing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1575
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