velvetn.
/ˈvɛlvɪt/, U.S. /ˈvɛlvət/ 1.
a. A textile fabric of silk having a short, dense, and smooth piled surface; a kind or variety of this.Also with defining terms as cotton, Genoa, raised, stamped velvet: see these words.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [noun] > types of > velvet
velvet1320
vellousc1450
vellute1561
velure1587
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β. a1400 T. Chestre Launfal 235 Har manteles wer of grene felwet, Ybordured with gold.1423 Rolls of Parl. IV. 255/1 Upon velowet, and Cloth of Gold.c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 3 The noble Mayer clad in reed velewet.c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 6 The tour arrayed withe velwettes softe.1531 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 45 iij olde doblettes and Shredys of velwet.1558 in J. Noake Monastery & Cathedral Worcester (1866) 172 A coope of blewe felweth with oystars fethers.γ. 1441–2 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 471 j vestimentum..de welwett.a1450 Le Morte Arth. 2615 Hyr paraylle All of one hewe, Off a grene weluette.1507 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 52 A westement of grene wellwett.1507 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 52 A mantell of purpull wellweut.1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxxiiii On hys bonet of blacke weluet a floure delyce of golde.a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 174 Ane ryding pie of blak wellvet.a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 368 Claith of gould, welwete, sataine and dameis.δ. 1436 in C. Innes Registrum Episcopatus Aberdonensis (1845) II. 142 Vnus mantellus pro nostra domina borderatus cum ly veluate.1572 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxiii. 254 His wyfe weiris weluot on hir Gowne and Coller.1581 N. Burne in Catholic Tractates (S.T.S.) 136 That the altaris vas vont to be ornit with veluot.1622 (?a1513) W. Dunbar Poems (Reidpeth) (1998) I. 64 Four men of renoun, In gounes of veluot.ε. 1546–7 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Edward VI (1914) 6 For making of one doble turff Cappe of vellett white & Grene chekyd.c1547 MS Harl. 1419 B f. 555v One placarde of Murrey vellat; another of crimson vellat.a1555 D. Lindsay Tragedie in Dialog Experience & Courteour (1559) sig. Siv [A man] In Rayment reid..Off vellot, and of Saityng Crammosie.1605 London Prodigall i. i. 161 My ryding breeches, Vnckle, those that you thought had bene vellet.1668 J. Hacket Let. 12 Dec. in G. Ornsby et al. Miscellanea (1861) I. Introd. p. xiv The most curious piece that I have seen of purple vellet.1320 Wardr. Acc. Edw. II 22/14 1 couerchief de veluett.
1351 Patent Roll, 25 Edward III 5 Sept. (P.R.O.: C 66/234) m. 6 j fanoun de murre veluet.
a1400 T. Chestre Launfal 950 Her sadell was semyly sett, The sambus wer grene felvet.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2027 His cote wyth þe conysaunce of þe clere werkeȝ, Enu[ire]ned vpon veluet vertuus stoneȝ.
1483 in F. W. Weaver Somerset Medieval Wills (1901) 245 To Allhalow Chirch of Aisheton my gown of blew feluett.
a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 86 Yf the nobyllys..be not appayraylyd in sylkys & velvettys they thynke they lake much of theyr honowre.
a1550 (c1441) Lament Duchess of Gloucester (Balliol) in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 208 Farewelle, damask and clothes of gold; Farewelle, velvet, and clothes in grayn.
1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions i. iv. 46 Tentes and pauilions placed in good ordre, of veluet and saten.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 124 That our ladies and wiues when they go abroad in the street may..shine again in their silks and veluets.
1694 tr. F. Martens Voy. Spitzbergen 166 in Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. He is not as black as Velvet, as the Whale is, but like a Tench.
1735 S. Johnson tr. J. Lobo Voy. Abyssinia 55 They wear all sorts of Silks, and particularly the fine Velvets of Turkey.
1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 249 A suite of seven rooms furnished with red damask and velvet.
1807 Salmagundi 19 Sept. 298 The lady in blue velvet, who so attentively peruses her book.
1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul ii. x. 295 Embroidered satin, velvet, and Persian brocade, are, of course, confined to the great.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 261/2 Mohair..is largely made into fabrics for ladies' wear, linings, tabinets, plushes, and velvets.
b. A piece of this material. rare.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [noun] > types of > velvet > piece of
velvetc1386
c1386 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 636 By hir beddes heed sche made a mewe, And covered it with veluettes [v.r. velowetys] blewe.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xli. 375 Ropes, palls, velvets, ostrich feathers, and other mortuary properties.
c. In various figurative or allusive uses.In later slang dictionaries.
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the world > life > the body > speech organs > types of speech organ > [noun] > tongue
tonguec890
clap?c1225
clacka1592
red rag1605
clicket1611
clappera1627
filma1656
velvet1699
Manchester1819
1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. Hv If he were a king of veluet, I will talke to him.
1607 Merry Devil Edmonton iv. i. 37 Thou speakst as true as veluet.
1672 T. Jordan London Triumphant 4 My father, store of velvet wore; My grandsire, beggars' velvet!
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Velvet, a Tongue. Tip the Velvet, to Tongue a Woman.
1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xi. 152 The little gentleman in black velvet who did such service in 1702. View more context for this quotation
1821 P. Egan Real Life in London I. ix. 182 And when that they had sluiced their gobs With striving to excel wit, The lads began to hang their nobs, And tip their frows the velvet.
1823 P. Egan Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (rev. ed.) at Velvet To the little gentleman in velvet, i.e. the mole that threw up the hill that caused Crop (King William's horse) to stumble.
1882 D. Pidgeon Engineer's Holiday (1883) 167 Whose hand of iron was never ungloved with velvet.
1898 Westm. Gaz. 5 Jan. 3/2 Paul Mercer is born, not indeed in the purple, but in the velvet of vast wealth.
d. on velvet, in a position of ease or advantage; in an advantageous or prosperous condition.Chiefly in sporting slang (see later quots.), but formerly in more general use.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > in prosperous condition [phrase] > in easy circumstances
to have one's bread buttered on both sides1678
in good bread1743
on velvet1749
1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 114 The deceiving him became so easy, that it was perfect playing upon velvet.
1769 E. Burke Observ. Late State Nation 65 Not like our author, who is always on velvet, he is aware of some difficulties.
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue To be upon velvet, to have the best of a bet or match.
1789 T. Anburey Trav. Interior Parts Amer. II. 382 Therefore, only tell General Phillips ‘that on that day I fought upon velvet’.
1828 W. Scott Jrnl. 23 Feb. (1941) 195 We stand on velvet as to finance.
1845 B. Disraeli Sybil I. ii. i. 105 Before that we were on velvet; but the instant he appeared everything was changed.
1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 334 Men who have succeeded in their speculations, especially on the turf, are said to stand on velvet.
1897 Daily News 1 June 3/5 Is that what you call being ‘On velvet’ when you are sure to win something?—Yes.
e. A wearer of velvet.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [noun] > wearing clothing made of specific material > one who
tuftaffetya1625
velvet1783
pepper-and-salt1900
leather man1961
1783 H. Cowley Which is the Man? iii. iii We had all the law ladies from Lincoln's Inn, a dozen good velvets from Bishopsgate, with the wives and daughters of half the M.D.'s and LL.D.'s in town.
f. Gain, profit, winnings; to the velvet, to the good. slang.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [noun]
renta1225
winningsc1380
profita1382
profity1432
revenue1433
fruitc1450
luck?a1475
improvement1478
apports1481
penny-rent1502
importance1505
filthy lucre1526
rentally1534
entrataa1538
a quick return1583
incoming1596
entratec1599
advenue1600
coming in1600
income1601
intrade1604
intrado1609
ingate1621
audit1625
increment1631
indraught1633
velvet1901
society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [phrase] > profiting or benefiting to the good
to the velvet1901
1901 S. E. White Westerners xxiii. 228 They's a good many ton of ore in four hundred foot of shaft.’.. ‘Let that go for now... We can call that ‘velvet’.’
1908 K. McGaffey Sorrows of Show Girl 240 Before the whistle blew for dinner I was several hundred to the velvet.
1912 F. Irwin Fine Points Auction Bridge 56 Do your doubling early in the rubber (so as to pile up ‘velvet’ for yourself).
1940 P. G. Wodehouse Eggs, Beans & Crumpets 138 It would be money for jam... Just so much velvet.
1942 Amer. Speech 17 93/2 I have been taking in plenty of velvet these days working the Fair.
1951 E. Paul Springtime in Paris (U.K. ed.) ii. 38 A good French mechanic..would have to work two and one half days to earn 2,430 francs, which on account of taxes..would not be all velvet.
g. A velvet dress.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > types of > made of specific material
farandine1672
tabby1726
satin1730
lutestring1756
silk1793
muslinc1794
zephyrine1820
merino1839
mousseline1847
moire1851
velvet1851
tarlatan1852
velveteen1873
tussore1884
paper dress1886
Gloria1895
Tibet1900
tub-dress1909
tub-frock1909
1851 E. Ruskin Let. 6 Nov. in Effie in Venice (1965) ii. 212 I had on my black velvet because it was mourning.
1944 R. Lehmann Ballad & Source v. v. 222 We stood revealed in our long-sleeved velvets—Jess's sapphire blue, mine claret-coloured.
1963 N. Streatfeild Vicarage Family ii. 16 Isobel's velvet was of a pale green with a very full skirt.
2. transferred.
a. The soft downy skin which covers a deer's horn while in the growing stage.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > body and parts > antler > skin covering
velveta1425
pell1699
pill1727
a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) ii Hir hornes benn keuered with a softe heer, þat hunters call veluetz.
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xix. 47 Then they discouer themselues, going vnto the trees to fray their heads, and to rub of the veluet.
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxxix. 242 His heade when it commeth first out, hath a russet pyll vpon it, the whiche is called Veluet.
1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 492 The Surface of the Horn, and the smooth Hairy Skin that covers them whilst they are growing (which is commonly call'd the Velvet).
1859 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 518/1 In the early condition the horn is soft and yielding, and is protected only by a..delicate integument... From this circumstance the skin is here termed the ‘velvet’.
1892 W. Pike Barren Ground N. Canada 43 It was a full-grown bull in prime condition, the velvet not yet shed, but the horns quite hard underneath.
b. In the phrase in velvet, said of the deer.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [adjective] > having antlers > covered with skin
velvet-headed1647
in velvet1880
1880 W. Gill River Golden Sand I. viii. 370 The deer are only hunted when in velvet, and from the horns in this state a medicine is made.
1884 R. Jefferies Red Deer iv. 72 While this bark or skin remains on the horn the stag is said to be in velvet and is not hunted.
3.
a. A surface, substance, etc., comparable to velvet in respect of softness or general appearance.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [noun] > softness and smoothness > surface or substance
velvet1598
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 41/2 The Potentiall Cauteryes nowe-adayes are indeede of velvet, and verye excellent.
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 41 b/1 That is one of the best, which Mr. Paré calleth the Cauterye of Velvet.
1748 T. Gray Ode Death Favourite Cat ii, in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems II. 268 The velvet of her paws.
1781 W. Cowper Epist. to Lady in France in Poems (1980) I. 444 Where Nature has her mossy velvet spread, With unshod feet they yet securely tread.
1897 ‘O. Rhoscomyl’ For White Rose Arno (U.K. ed.) 267 Here is something to put velvet in the ale.
1904 R. J. Farrer Garden of Asia 240 Every peak is clad in the velvet of wood and copse.
b. elliptical. A velvet cork.
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > [noun] > closure for a vessel, tube, etc. > cork > types of
velvet1814
shive1869
1814 Edinb. Encycl. (1830) VII. i. 217/1 The finished corks are finally sorted by a boy into four kinds, superfine or velvets, fine, common, and coarse.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.figurative.1592 Arden of Feversham i. i. 324 Why, what art thou now but a Veluet drudge, A cheating steward, and base minded pesant?1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 41 b/1 Receipte of the Velvet Cauterye.1609 Euerie Woman in her Humor sig. A3v I can not soothe the world With veluet words, and oyly flatteries.1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre Ep. Ded. sig. *3v History, which is a velvet-study & recreation-work.1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 76 I have..taken a few finish stitches, which may..please a few velvet ears.1818 J. Keats Endymion iv. 174 With as sweet a softness as might be Remember'd from its velvet summer song.1878 R. Browning Poets Croisic xciii He..to such purpose intervenes That you get velvet-compliment, three-pile.
a. Attributive, with the sense ‘made of velvet’, as velvet bag, velvet band, velvet cap, velvet gown, etc., or ‘covered with velvet’, as velvet cushion, velvet furniture.
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c1350 Lybeaus Disc. 838 A velvwet mantyll gay..Sche caste abowte her swyre.
1480 Wardrobe Accts. Edward IV in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 149 A longe gowne of grene velvet upon velvet tisshue cloth of gold.
?a1535 To City of London (Vitellius) in J. Small Poems W. Dunbar (1893) II. 277 Many a semely knyght..in velvet gownes and cheynes of gold.
1542 in J. W. Clay Testamenta Eboracensia (1902) VI. 159 One other jackett..with velvett bandes.
1612 W. Fennor Cornu-copiæ 33 I thinke them in their hattes as good, As Gentle-women in their veluethood.
1621 Sir R. Boyle in Lismore Papers (1886) II. 17 My wives Tawney vellet gown.
c1645 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) I. 5 The red velvet furniture.
1780 E. Burke Speech Oeconomical Reformation 70 Have their velvet bags, and their red boxes, been so full, that nothing more could possibly be crammed into them?
1796 J. Wolcot Satire in Wks. (1812) III. 408 Who with a velvet lash would flog a bear.
1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham III. v. 84 Beneath this was a faded velvet waistcoat.
1848 Lady Lyttelton Corr. (1912) 388 I am sending some narrow velvet ribbon to trim it along the tucks.
b. Attributive, with the sense ‘smooth or soft like velvet, velvety’, as velvet down, velvet hand, velvet leaf, etc.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [adjective] > soft and smooth
softc1275
velvet1592
Serian1605
silk-like1672
velvet-like1677
velvety1752
silky1757
swanskin1925
the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > like specific substance or material
silken1513
marble1558
ivorya1586
velvet1592
satin1605
silka1616
velvet-like1677
satin-like1680
satined1693
satiny1693
velvety1752
marbly1814
satin-smooth1838
ivorine1888
ivoried1890
swanskin1925
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 103 Through the Veluet, leaues the wind, All vnseene, can passage finde. View more context for this quotation
1598 G. Chapman in C. Marlowe & G. Chapman Hero & Leander (new ed.) v. 439 Come Night and lay thy veluet hand On glorious Dayes outfacing face.
1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale vi. 23 Which fertil zephirs velvet spirit bloweth.
1637 J. Milton Comus 31 Thus I set my printlesse feet Ore the cowslips velvet head.
1757 T. Gray Ode I i. iii, in Odes 6 O'er Idalia's velvet-green The rosy-crowned Loves are seen On Cytherea's day.
1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) ii. 33 Then the roses on those cheeks are shaded with a sort of velvet down.
a1806 H. K. White Remains (1807) I. 310 Stretch'd supinely on the velvet turf.
1862 C. Norton Lady of La Garaye Prol. 108 The soft white owl with velvet wings.
1880 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Roy & Viola I. 2 A tuft of dark velvet pansies on one side.
c. With names of colours, as velvet black, velvet-blue, velvet-brown, velvet-crimson, velvet-green, velvet-red.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > [noun] > typical blackness > as other substances
steel-blacka1560
velvet black1646
the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > deep red or crimson
crimson madderOE
purpureOE
murrey1305
tuly1398
oxblood?1440
crimson?a1475
sanguinea1500
carnation?1533
murrey colour1537
purple-red1565
ruby1572
sanguine red1601
velvet-crimson1646
lake1660
lac1682
rubine1704
madder red1728
ruby-red1738
granate1750
palm-colour1773
morone1777
carmine1799
vinaceous1819
incarnadine1821
crimsoning1833
pigeon's blood1865
solferinoc1865
Burgundy1881
sang-de-bœuf1881
vermilion-crimson1882
claret1884
royal red1890
wine1895
pigeon ruby red1897
Bordeaux1904
peony1914
madder crimson1991
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 335 Of the suffitus of a torch, doe Painters make a velvet blacke. View more context for this quotation
1662 C. Merrett tr. A. Neri Art of Glass cii This is a most fair Velvet Black.
1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere iv, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 24 Blue, glossy green, and velvet black They coil'd and swam.
1809 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VII. ii. 496 Velvet-black Paradise Bird.
1811 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VIII. i. 292 Velvet-crimson Humming-Bird.
1924 ‘J. Sutherland’ Circle of Stars iv. 26 She looked up sharply to see herself in the mirror, a rather pale face..and dusky velvet-brown eyes.
1924 ‘J. Sutherland’ Circle of Stars ix. 95 Overhead the sky is deep velvet-blue all a-fire with stars.
1952 A. G. L. Hellyer Sanders' Encycl. Gardening (ed. 22) 31 Sanderianus, large, velvet-green with copper-red veins.
1976 Flintshire Leader 10 Dec. 27/1 (advt.) New Fords for immediate delivery... Granada 2000GL, Velvet Red.
C2. Parasynthetic and instrumental.
velvet-bearded adj.
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1611 L. Barry Ram-Alley iii. i These Veluet bearded boyes will still be doing, say what we old men can.
velvet-caped adj.
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a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. D2 A Veluet cap'de cloake, fac'st before with Serge.
velvet-coated adj.
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1881 O. Wilde Poems 74 After yon velvet-coated deer the virgin maid will ride.
1926 M. Leinster Dew on Leaf ii. vi. 227 Your pretty face can charm of itself,..as a pale rose standing still lures the velvet-coated bee.
velvet-draped adj.
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1888 M. E. Braddon Fatal Three I. i. 4 The gentleman was standing with his back to the velvet-draped mantel-piece.
velvet-eared adj.
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1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 540 The hoary white [wheat], by some called the velvet-eared, is by far the most valuable.
velvet-eyed adj.
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1702 J. Petiver Gazophylacii I. 15 The Velvet-eyed Virginia Snap-Beetle.
velvet-footed adj.
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1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxi. 547 The velvet-footed butler brought them their wine.
velvet-hearted adj.
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1691 J. Bancroft King Edward III ii. ii. 17 These Peuking velvet-hearted Wary Knaves that pretend to Scruples.
velvet-hung adj.
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1876 ‘Ouida’ In Winter City vi She let him sit by her in little sheltered velvet-hung nooks.
velvet-jacketed adj.
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1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xxxv. 346 The broad-hatted,..velvet-jacketted, jovial colony of the artists.
velvet-lined adj.
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1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede III. v. xxxvii. 24 There were the locket and earrings in the little velvet-lined boxes.
velvet-pawed adj.
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1796 E. Burke Let. to Noble Lord in Wks. (1907) VI. 71 The demure, insidious,..velvet-pawed, green-eyed philosophers.
velvet-sheathed adj.
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1854 ‘G. Greenwood’ Haps & Mishaps 17 The velvet-sheathed dagger of Queen Elizabeth.
velvet-soled adj.
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1891 C. T. C. James Romantic Rigmarole 103 The two miles home were like walking in velvet-soled shoes.
velvet-winged adj.
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1870 tr. F. A. Pouchet Universe 109 Certain velvet-winged Phalenæ.
C3. Objective, with agent-nouns, as velvet-dresser, velvet-maker, velvet-weaver, etc.; also velvet merchant.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > manufacture of fabric from specific materials > one who manufactures other fabrics
velvet-maker1530
velvet-weaver1530
silkman1553
rash-maker1590
fustian-man1720
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > cleaning > one who cleans and dyes velvet
velvet-dresser1530
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 284/2 Velvetmaker, ueloustier.
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. lvi. 247 Velvet-weavers, Tapestrie-makers and Upholsterers.
1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. i. sig. Ppppv/1 Veloutier,..a Velvet-maker.
1852 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. (ed. 3) I. i. v. §9. 101 This change..only transfers Employment from velvet-makers to bricklayers.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Velvet-dresser, a cleaner and dyer of velvet.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Velvet-manufacturer, a weaver of velvet.
1862 J. Ruskin Unto this Last iv. 152 He pays, probably, an intermediate ship-owner, velvet merchant, and shopman.
C4.
a. Special combinations.† velvet-cap n. Obsolete one who wears a cap of velvet; a physician or student.† velvet-coat n. Obsolete ? a young fop.† velvet-guard n. Obsolete a trimming of velvet; a wearer of such trimmings.† velvet-jacket n. Obsolete an attendant or retainer wearing a jacket of velvet.
velvet-brush n. (see quot.).
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning of clothes > [noun] > clothes-brush
clothes-brush1724
velvet-brush1858
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Velvet-brush, a brush used by ladies to remove dust, &c. from garments made of velvet.
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the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun]
physician?c1225
leecherc1374
practiserc1387
doctora1400
flesh-leecha1400
leechman14..
mediciner?a1425
miria1425
M.D.1425
medicine?c1450
practitioner?1543
minister1559
doc1563
artist1565
medicus1570
medicianera1578
Aesculapius1586
Dra1593
pisspot1592
medician1597
physicianer1598
medicinary1599
pisspot1600
velvet-cap1602
healer1611
Galena1616
physiner1616
clyster1621
clyster-pipe1622
hakim1623
medic1625
practicant1630
medico1647
physicker1649
physicster1689
Aesculapian1694
nim-gimmer1699
pill-monger1706
medical man1784
meester1812
medical1823
pill-gilder1824
therapeutist1830
pill1835
pill roller1843
med1851
pill-peddler1855
therapeutic1858
squirt1859
medicine man1866
pill pusher1879
therapist1886
doser1888
internist1894
pill-shooter1911
whitecoat1911
quack1919
vet1925
society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun]
scholara1400
studentc1450
collegian?1462
colligionist1570
velvet-cap1602
college-man1611
collegiate1616
matriculate1712
trencher-cap1721
collegianer1818
bursch1830
matriculator1850
matriculant1860
stude1907
Joe College1932
matriculand1954
1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus ii. i. 554 It is requisite that the French Phisitions be learned and carefull, your English veluet cap is malignant and enuious.
1630 T. Randolph Aristippus 12 Euery Prenctice can ieere at their braue Cassockes, and laugh the Veluet Caps out of countenance.
velvet carpet n. a cut-pile carpet similar to Wilton.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [noun] > carpet > type of pile
velvet carpet1860
loop pile1924
shag1951
1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss II. iv. iii. 188 Good society has its claret and its velvet carpets.
1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables xxix. 325 ‘Velvet carpet,’ sighed Anne luxuriously, ‘and silk curtains!’
1979 A. S. Garstein How-to Handbk. Carpets ii. 15 At first velvet carpets were woven of solid colors in pile heights ranging from closely woven low pile to longer ‘plush’ fabrics.
velvet-cloth n. (see quots.).
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric with specific qualities > [noun] > other
grisette1700
mesh1725
poodle1827
albatross1877
momie1880
velvet-cloth1882
mummy cloth1886
poodle cloth1896
thorn-proof1908
blackout1941
wash-and-wear1959
breathable1961
Pertex1982
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > with glossy or shiny surface
satiné1851
brilliantine1873
velvet-cloth1882
mirror1899
satin beauté1914
slipper satin1937
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 511/1 Velvet cloth, a plain cloth with a gloss, employed in Ecclesiastical Embroidery.
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 511/1 Velvet cloths,..beautifully soft and warm descriptions of cloth, suitable for ladies' jackets.
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the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy
popa1500
miniona1513
prick-me-daintya1529
puppy?1544
velvet-coat1549
skipjack1554
coxcomb1567
musk cat?1567
physbuttocke1570
Adonis?1571
Adon1590
foretop1597
musk-cod1600
pretty fellow1600
sparkc1600
spangle-baby1602
flash1605
barber-monger1608
cocoloch1610
dapperling1611
fantastica1613
feather-cock1612
trig1612
jack-a-dandy?1617
gimcrack1623
satinist1639
powder puffa1653
fop1676
prig1676
foplinga1681
cockcomb1684
beau garçona1687
shape1688
duke1699
nab1699
smirk1699
beau1700
petty master1706
moppet1707
Tom Astoner1707
dapper1709
petit maître1711
buck1725
toupee1727
toupet1728
toupet-man1748
jemmy1753
jessamy1753
macaroni1764
majoc1770
monkeyrony1773
dandyc1780
elegant1780
muscadin1794
incroyable1797
beauty man1800
bang-up1811
natty1818
ruffian1818
exquisite1819
heavy swell1819
marvellous1819
bit of stuff1828
merveilleux1830
fat1832
squirt1844
dandyling1846
ineffable1859
guinea pig1860
Dundreary swell1862
masher1872
dude1877
mash1879
dudette1883
dand1886
heavy gunner1890
posh1890
nut1904
smoothie1929
fancy-pants1930
saga boy1941
fancy Dan1943
1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie sig. Ei Heere mens suets your selfe I requyre you in godes behalfe & put it not to the hering of these veluet [1549 STC 15274.7 veluette] cotes, these vp skippes.
velvet copper-ore n. cyanotrichite.
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the world > the earth > minerals > ore > [noun] > metal ore > copper ore > types of
red copper1507
misy1543
grey copper1590
yellow ore1630
grey orea1728
pitch ore1776
red copper ore1776
fahlerz1796
tile-ore1823
cuprite1850
lettsomite1850
velvet copper-ore1850
yellows1851
meneghinite1852
peacock copper1858
peacock ore1858
horseflesh ore1868
plush-copper1881
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphates > [noun] > sulphates of two elements > copper-aluminium
lettsomite1850
velvet copper-ore1850
1850 D. T. Ansted Elem. Course Geol. §504 Velvet copper ore is probably also a silicate [of copper].
1855 D. T. Ansted et al. in Orr's Circle Sci.: Inorg. Nature 542 (Sulphates) Lettsomite, Velvet Copper Ore.
velvet-cork n. (see quot. and cf. 3b).
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > cork > [noun]
cork-barkc1440
cork1570
corkwood1770
suber1873
velvet-cork1883
1883 P. L. Simmonds Commerc. Dict. Trade Products (rev. ed.) Velvet cork, the best kind of cork bark, which is of a reddish colour.
velvet glove n. an appearance of suavity and gentleness of manner, esp. one that masks determination or inflexibility (cf. iron hand n.); also attributive (with hyphen).
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [noun] > appearance of
velvet glove1850
1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets ii. 8 Soft of speech and manner, yet with an inflexible rigour of command..‘iron hand in a velvet glove’, as Napoleon defined it.
1946 W. S. Maugham Then & Now xxii. 125 The velvet glove was off and the mailed fist was bared.
1969 S. Hyland Top Bloody Secret ii. 202 Concentrated velvet-glove charm.
1973 ‘M. Innes’ Appleby's Answer iv. 41 Blackmail..of the very most genteel and velvet-glove sort.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > other
label1440
tag1570
O1587
velvet-guard1598
seam1687
looping1690
patte1835
sequin1857
flot1872
torsade1872
Sicilian embroidery1882
astrakhan1887
goffering1889
fob1894
strass1926
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [noun] > wearing clothing made of specific material > one who > one who wears trimmings of specific material
velvet-guard1598
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. i. 252 Sweare me Kate,..A good mouthfilling oath, and leaue in sooth, And such protest of pepper ginger bread To veluet gards, and Sunday Citizens. View more context for this quotation
1610 Histrio-mastix iii. i. E j Out on these veluet gards, and black lac'd sleeues, These simpring fashions simply followed.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > in velvet jacket
velvet-jacket1599
1599 T. Heywood 1st Pt. King Edward IV sig. B4 Spoken like a man, and true veluet-iacket, And we will enter or sticke by the way.
velvet-loom n. a loom for weaving velvet.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > method of > weaving other types of fabric > loom or machine for
linen-loom1404
osset loom1543
traverse-warp machine1826
gauze-loom1858
braider1874
braiding-machine1874
velvet-loom1875
leno loom1964
broad-silk-
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2699/1 Velvet-loom, a pile-fabric loom.
velvet-painting n. (see quot. 1850).
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to medium or technique > [noun] > others by medium or technique
velvet-painting1809
Poona work1816
Poona painting1817
Poona1821
lithochromy1837
rock painting1852
mural painting1879
splatter-work1897
sand-painting1902
scroll painting1911
dot painting1932
texturology1959
1809 Charges against H.R.H. Duke of York 386/1 Did he ever instruct you in velvet-painting?
1813 Examiner 10 May 298/1 A little skill in velvet painting.
1850 J. Weale Rudim. Dict. Terms Archit. iv. 499/1 Velvet painting is the art of colouring on velvet with transparent liquid and other ready diluted colours.
velvet-paper n. (see quot.).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > wallcovering > [noun] > wall-paper > types of
stucco paper1749
caffoy paper1750
flock-paper1750
domino paper1839
wood-hanging1869
Morris1872
velvet-paper1875
flock1881
lincrusta1882
anaglypta1887
screen print1928
scenics1934
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2699/1 Velvet-paper, wall-paper printed with glue and dusted with shearings of cloth or flock.
velvet-pile adj. attributive having a pile like that of velvet; also absol., a carpet or cloth of this kind.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > with pile or nap > other
panne1794
velvet-pile1851
fleece1957
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > with pile or nap > long
roughOE
terpoile1489
thrummed1535
plushed1594
woolled1600
shagged1649
velvet-pile1851
1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 564/1 Velvet-pile carpeting.
1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 564/1 Patent velvet-pile and Brussels carpets.
1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 4006 Pilots, Cheviots, velvet piles.
velvet-plain n. poetic a card-table.
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1780 W. Cowper Progress of Error 169 Oh the dear pleasures of the velvet plain, The painted tablets, dealt and dealt again.
velvet sauce n. = velouté n.
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the world > food and drink > food > additive > sauce or dressing > [noun] > other sauces
galantine1304
civya1325
egerdouce1381
gravy?c1390
camelinea1425
chawdronc1440
saffron sauce?a1505
sibber-sauce1556
ferry?1570
oxoleum1574
slabber-sauce1574
saupiquet1656
slapsauce1708
brown sauce1723
bread sauce1727
custard1747
bechamel1789
caper-sauce1791
tomato sauce1804
custard cream1805
allemande1806
sambal1815
Reading sauce1816
Harvey's Sauce1818
velouté sauce1830
suprême sauce1833
parsley sauce1836
agrodolce1838
Worcestershire sauce1843
espagnole1845
pestoa1848
cheese sauce1854
nam prik1857
Worcester sauce1863
Béarnaise sauce1868
Béarnaise1877
Yorkshire Relish1877
sauce mousseline1892
velvet sauce1893
gribiche1897
mornay sauce1900
sugo1906
sofrito1913
chile con queso1916
foo yung1917
marinara1932
pistou1951
hoisin1957
salsa verde1957
pico de gallo1958
sriracha1959
carbonara1962
amatriciana1963
arrabbiata1963
ponzu1966
puttanesca1971
chermoula1974
tikka masala1975
mojo1983
queso1989
1893 T. F. Garrett & W. A. Rawson Encycl. Pract. Cookery II. 398/2 Velvet sauce (Velouté).
1952 F. White Good Eng. Food iv. i. 171 Aspic Cream. Take 1/ 2 pint of liquid aspic jelly and mix it with 1/ 4 pint of velvet sauce.., 1/ 4 pint thick cream and four sheets of gelatine.
velvet tip n. (see sense 2; in quot. used allusively).
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > body and parts > antler > knob forming beginning or tip of
broach1575
button1575
croche1575
tenderlings1575
bud1593
peg1611
scrotcher1611
seal1611
velvet tip1638
crocket1870
offer1884
nubbin1978
1638 J. Ford Fancies iii. 40 Nothing but Velvet tips you are of the first head yet.
velvet tree n. (see quot.).
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society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > parts of furnace > [noun] > flues or parts of flues
boshes1686
worm1758
throat vent1839
take-down1850
baffler1861
trunnel-hole1868
velvet tree1875
baffle1881
throat1919
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2699/1 Velvet-tree (Puddling), the point where the draft from the neck of the furnace is turned upward into the stack.
velvet wire drawer n. (see quot.).
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > wire-maker or worker
wire-drawer1265
wireman1548
wire-worker1670
velvet wire drawer1883
1883 P. L. Simmonds Commerc. Dict. Trade Products (rev. ed.) Velvet wire drawer, a manufacturer of the metal wire used in velvet making.
velvet work n. (see quot.).
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > that which is background for
velvet work1882
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 511/1 Velvet work..is..largely used in Church Embroideries as a background for altar cloths and hangings.
b. In names of animals (birds, insects, etc.).† velvet runner n. Obsolete the water-rail.
velvet ant n. (a) a spider-ant ( Cent. Dict. 1891); (b) a parasitic wasp of the family Mutillidæ, having a velvety appearance.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > unspecified types
musk-ant1671
velvet ant1748
soldier1781
raffle ant1793
Amazon-ant1824
green tree ant1845
brown ant1868
harvesting ant1873
Amazon1880
crazy ant1885
crazy ant1905
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > the wasps > family Mutillidae > member of
ant1625
velvet ant1748
mutillid1895
1748 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina App. 13 The Velvet Ant... The whole body and head resembled crimson velvet.
1842 T. W. Harris Treat. Insects New Eng. 14 Stinging velvet-ants..are predaceous in their habits.
1932 E. Step Bees, Wasps, Ants & Allied Insects 57 The Velvet-ants are not Ants: the name is only a courtesy title given when..the wingless female..was a more familiar object than the winged male.
1968 T. Wolfe Electric Kool-aid Acid Test xxi. 305 He can feel..every verruga fly, velvet ant, murine fleas and crabs.
1975 Sci. Amer. Dec. 115/1 The natural enemies of Bembix include mutillid wasps (sometimes called velvet ants).
velvet crab n. a species of swimming crab ( Portunus puber).
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) > member of Portunidae (lady-crab)
velvet crab1681
green crab1763
lady crab1844
sand crab1844
shore-crab1850
devil crab1871
partan1880
velvet fiddler crab1882
shuttle-crab1889
sook1950
muddy1953
1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. v. iv. 120 The Claw of the Punger, or the Velvet-Crab, called Pagurus.
1850 A. Pratt Chapters Common Things Sea-side v. 288 Some of the most beautiful of our British crabs are those termed Velvet-crabs, on account of the velvety down with which the shell is covered.
1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands ii. ix. 232 The spider crab, and swimming or velvet crab, are also eaten.
velvet-duck n. a species of scoter ( Œdemia fusca).
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > genus Melanitta > melanitta fusca
wigeon1668
velvet-duck1678
velvet scoter1843
1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 363 The feathers of the whole body are so soft and delicate as nothing more, so that it might be not undeservedly called the Velvet-Duck.
1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 153 Velvet Duck..the plumage is of a fine black, and of the soft and delicate appearance of velvet.
1840 P. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 175 I made a capital shot at 6 black velvet ducks.
1870 P. Gillmore tr. L. Figuier Reptiles & Birds 235 The Velvet Duck (Anas fusca)..is the largest of the Scoters.
velvet fairy n. (see quot.).
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [noun] > other types
porcelainc1530
turn-pate1611
light horseman1661
runt1661
smiter1668
helmet1676
mammet1678
Cortbeck1688
turbit1688
turner1688
dragoon1725
finicking1725
Leghorn1725
nun1725
owl1725
petit1725
trumpeter1725
horseman1735
Mahomet1735
barbel1736
turn-tail1736
frill-back1765
blue rock1825
beard1826
ice pigeon1829
toy1831
black1839
skinnum1839
splash1851
whole-feather1851
spangle1854
swallow1854
shield1855
stork pigeon1855
Swabian1855
yellow1855
archangel1867
dragon1867
starling1867
magpie1868
smerle1869
bluette1870
cumulet1876
oriental1876
spot fairy1876
turbiteen1876
blondinette1879
hyacinth1879
Modena pigeon1879
silver-dun1879
silverette1879
silver-mealy1879
swift pigeon1879
Victoria1879
visor1879
ice1881
swallow pigeon1881
velvet fairy1881
priesta1889
frill1890
1881 J. C. Lyell Fancy Pigeons 86 The black Nürnberg swallow has most of these grease quills, and from its beautiful green lustre is called the ‘velvet fairy’.
velvet fiddler crab n. = velvet crab n.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) > member of Portunidae (lady-crab)
velvet crab1681
green crab1763
lady crab1844
sand crab1844
shore-crab1850
devil crab1871
partan1880
velvet fiddler crab1882
shuttle-crab1889
sook1950
muddy1953
1882 Cassell's Nat. Hist. VI. 199 The Velvet Fiddler Crab (Portunus puber) has..its entire carapace densely covered with hairs.
velvet fish n. (see quot.).
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > miscellaneous types of
stone-fish1668
grouper1884
velvet fish1898
zebrafish1927
1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 489/1 Velvet-fish, [the] name given in Tasmania to the fish Holoxenus cutaneus.
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the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > genus Rallus > rallus aquaticus (water rail)
raila1450
coot1547
brook ouzel1611
bidcock1622
water rail1655
runner1668
water crake1676
bilcock1678
velvet runner1678
skiddy1787
fen-cock1880
1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 315 The Velvet Runner.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Velvet-Runner, a Water-Fowl, whose Feathers are black and smooth as Velvet.
velvet scoter n. = velvet-duck n.
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > genus Melanitta > melanitta fusca
wigeon1668
velvet-duck1678
velvet scoter1843
1843 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Birds III. 215 Oidemia fusca, Velvet Scoter.
velvet sponge n. (see quots.).
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Parazoa > phylum Porifera > [noun] > member of > specific types > spongia equina (velvet sponge)
sheep-wool1851
boat sponge1854
wool-sponge1879
velvet sponge1882
sheep's wool1883
1882 Cassell's Nat. Hist. VI. 318 The ‘wool’ Sponge, which appears to be one or perhaps two species of the Hippospongia, H. gossypina, and H. meandriformis, the ‘velvet’ Sponge.
1883 W. S. Kent in Fisheries Bahamas 47 The so-called Velvet, Abacco-velvet, or Boat-sponge (S. equina, var. meandriniformis), differing from the Sheep's-wool in the absence of the fleece-like tufts upon its outer surface.
c. In names of plants.† velvet-flower n. Obsolete (see quots.).
velvet-bean n. an annual climbing-plant ( Macuna utilis) bearing velvety pods.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > other climbing or creeping plants
madwort1760
mountain fringe1845
velvet-bean1898
1898 Gardener's Mag. 3 Sept. 569/2 The accounts..respecting the agricultural value of the Florida velvet bean must be received with caution.
velvet-bur n. a tropical plant of the vervain family.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Verbenaceae family or plants > [noun]
verbene1527
vervain1578
wild hyssop1660
fogfruit1817
velvet-bur1866
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1207/2 Velvet-bur, Priva echinata.
velvet-dock n. common mullein.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > mullein
feltwortc1000
verbascumOE
Thapsusa1400
mullein?a1425
hag taper1526
high-taper1526
tapsebarbe1526
lungwort1538
torch1552
moth mullein1578
wolleyn1578
woollen1578
hedge-taper1579
wool-blade1585
bullock's lungwort1597
candlewick mullein1597
mullet1597
torch-herb1598
taperwort1601
torchwort1647
Jupiter's staff1664
cow's lungwort1777
shepherd's club1790
woollens1800
flannel-leaf1821
Adam's flannel1828
flannel-plant1849
king's taper1858
torch-blade1861
velvet-dock1863
Jacob's staff1879
shepherd's staff1882
wool-plant1883
shepherd's gourd1896
1863 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants Velvet-Dock, from its soft leaves, Verbascum Thapsus.
velvet-ear wheat n. (also velvet-eared wheat) = velvet wheat n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > wheat > types of wheat grain or plant
spelta1000
farc1420
ador?1440
flaxen wheat?1523
Peak-wheat?1523
red wheat?1523
white wheat?1523
duck-bill wheat1553
zea1562
alica1565
buck1577
amelcorn1578
horse-flower1578
tiphe1578
pollard1580
rivet1580
Saracen's corn1585
French wheat1593
Lammas-wheat1594
starch corn1597
St. Peter's corn1597
frumenty1600
secourgeon1600
polwheat1601
duck-wheat1611
kidneys of wheat1611
ograve wheat1616
soft wheat1640
cone-wheat1677
Lammas1677
Poland wheat1686
Saracen corn1687
pole rivet1707
Smyrna wheat1735
hard wheat1757
hen corn1765
velvet wheat1771
white straw1771
nonpareil1805
thick-set wheat1808
cone1826
farro1828
Polish wheat1832
velvet-ear wheat1837
sarrasin1840
mummy wheat1842
snowdrop1844
Red Fife1857
flint-wheat1859
dinkel1866
thick-set1875
spring1884
macaroni wheat1901
einkorn1904
marquis1906
durum1908
emmer1908
hedgehog wheat1909
speltoid1939
1837 Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) II. 138 We have..the ‘golden-ear’, the ‘velvet-ear’, the ‘egg-shell’, and ‘hedge-wheat’.
1862 J. C. Morton Farmer's Cal. 547 Among white wheats..the Velvet-eared, a short-strawed sort, is of remarkable quality and productiveness.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > foliage, house, or garden plants > [noun] > amaranth and allied plants
floramour1548
purple velvet flower1548
velvet-flower1548
Balder-herb1552
flower-gentle1561
passevelours1597
love lies bleeding1664
prince's feather1668
symphonia1728
tricolour1786
celosia1807
Joseph's coat1866
thrumwort1866
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > composite flowers > marigold > French marigold
French marigold1548
velvet-flower1548
marigold1578
Turkey gilliflower1578
1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. A.vjv The other kynde [of Amaranthus] is called here in Englande of some purple veluet floure, of other flouramore.
1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. G.viij Viola flammea..in englishe veluet floure or french Marigoulde.
1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 41 Ueluet floures, or frenchmarigold.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xviii. 168 These pleasant..floures are called..in English floure Gentill, Floramor, and Purple veluet floure. [Hence in Gerarde and Cotgr.]
1863 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants Velvet-flower, from its crimson velvety tassels, Amaranthus caudatus.
velvet flower-de-luce n. (see quot.).
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > iris and related flowers > irises
gladdona700
gladiolusc1000
flaga1387
fleur-de-lisc1390
regworta1400
yellow flag1526
lug1538
yellow lily1555
spurge-wort1562
swordling1562
garden flag1578
ireos1578
iris1578
stinking iris1578
water flag1578
yellow iris1578
fane1597
Florentine flower-de-luce1597
stinking gladdon1597
stinking sedge1597
velvet flower-de-luce1597
orris1609
sisyrinchium1629
luce1642
Florence iris1664
cuttle-haft1688
blue flag1732
snake's-head iris1739
flag-flower1753
roast-beef plant1800
shalder1825
flag-leaf1827
sweet sedge1839
poison flag1840
flagger1842
wedding-flower1869
mourning iris1874
flagon1878
Rocky Mountain iris1880
Florentine iris1882
Japanese iris1883
flag-lily1884
sword-flag1884
blue iris1886
thunderbolt1898
scorpion iris1900
1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 94 Iris Tuberosa. Veluet flower de-luce.
velvet-grass n. (see quot.).
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > holcus grasses
holcus1771
white grass1780
hose-grass1811
whin-wrack1853
velvet-grass1856
Yorkshire fog1874
1856 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (1860) 573 Holcus lanatus, Velvet-Grass.
velvet moss n. Gyrophora murina ( Treasury Bot. Suppl. 1874).
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the world > plants > particular plants > lichen > [noun] > other lichens
cup-moss1597
ground liverwort1597
Usnea1597
perelle1712
oak moss1728
necklace moss1759
rag1759
thrush-lichen1759
Iceland lichen1777
Iceland moss1785
map lichen1796
scripture-wort1835
letter lichen1846
dog lichen1853
fairy cups1855
velvet moss1858
manna lichen1864
tree-hair1866
famine-bread1887
old man's beard1888
sea ivory1966
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > lichens or fungi used in dyeing > [noun] > others
corkir1703
Canary weed1712
perelle1712
Canary moss1738
cudbear1767
aweto1845
Mauritius weed1858
velvet moss1858
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Velvet-moss, a name for the Gyrophora murina, a lichen used in dyeing, obtained in the Dovrefeldt mountains of Norway.
velvet rose n. a variety of rose with velvety petals.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > rose and allied flowers > rose > types of rose flower or bush
summer rosea1456
French rose1538
damask rose?a1547
musk rose1559
province1562
winter rose1577
Austrian brier1590
rose of Provence1597
velvet rose1597
damasine-rose1607
Provence rose1614
blush-rose1629
maiden's blush1648
monthly rose tree1664
Provinsa1678
York and Lancaster rose1688
cinnamon rose1699
muscat rose1707
cabbage rose1727
China-rose1731
old-fashioned rose1773
moss rose1777
swamp rose1785
alba1797
Cherokee rose1804
Macartney rose1811
shepherd's rose1818
multiflora1820
prairie rose1822
Boursault1826
Banksian rose1827
maiden rose1827
moss1829
Noisette1829
seven sisters rose1830
Dundee rambler1834
Banksia rose1835
Chickasaw rose1835
Bourbon1836
climbing rose1836
green rose1837
hybrid China1837
Jaune Desprez1837
Lamarque1837
perpetual1837
pillar rose1837
rambler1837
wax rose1837
rugosa1840
China1844
Manetti1846
Banksian1847
remontant1847
gallica1848
hybrid perpetual1848
Persian Yellow1848
pole rose1848
monthly1849
tea rose1850
quarter sessions rose1851
Gloire de Dijon1854
Jacqueminot1857
Maréchal Niel1864
primrose1864
jack1867
La France1868
tea1869
Ramanas rose1876
Japanese rose1883
polyantha1883
old rose1885
American Beauty1887
hybrid tea1890
Japan rose1895
roselet1896
floribunda1898
Zéphirine Drouhin1901
Penzance briar1902
Dorothy Perkins1903
sweetheart1905
wichuraiana1907
mermaid1918
species rose1930
sweetheart rose1936
peace1944
shrub rose1948
1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1085 Rosa Holosericea. The veluet Rose... The flowers..of a deepe and blacke red colour, resembling red crimson veluet, whereupon some haue called it the Veluet Rose.
1786 J. Abercrombie Arrangem. Plants 33/1 in Gardeners Daily Assistant Velvet rose (single).
1893 G. D. Leslie Lett. to Marco i. 5 A rose that is almost obsolete,..called the velvet rose.
velvet-seed n. a small evergreen West Indian tree.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > South American and West Indian trees or shrubs > [noun] > evergreens
boldo1717
purple heart1738
ombú1839
pepper tree1848
velvet-seed1866
swizzle-stick tree1943
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1207/2 Velvet-seed, Guettarda elliptica.
velvet wheat n. a variety of white wheat with downy ears.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > wheat > types of wheat grain or plant
spelta1000
farc1420
ador?1440
flaxen wheat?1523
Peak-wheat?1523
red wheat?1523
white wheat?1523
duck-bill wheat1553
zea1562
alica1565
buck1577
amelcorn1578
horse-flower1578
tiphe1578
pollard1580
rivet1580
Saracen's corn1585
French wheat1593
Lammas-wheat1594
starch corn1597
St. Peter's corn1597
frumenty1600
secourgeon1600
polwheat1601
duck-wheat1611
kidneys of wheat1611
ograve wheat1616
soft wheat1640
cone-wheat1677
Lammas1677
Poland wheat1686
Saracen corn1687
pole rivet1707
Smyrna wheat1735
hard wheat1757
hen corn1765
velvet wheat1771
white straw1771
nonpareil1805
thick-set wheat1808
cone1826
farro1828
Polish wheat1832
velvet-ear wheat1837
sarrasin1840
mummy wheat1842
snowdrop1844
Red Fife1857
flint-wheat1859
dinkel1866
thick-set1875
spring1884
macaroni wheat1901
einkorn1904
marquis1906
durum1908
emmer1908
hedgehog wheat1909
speltoid1939
1771 A. Young Farmer's Tour E. Eng. II. 485 Mr. Arbuthnot gathered six ears of this wheat,..and carrying it to market, the farmers remarked that they knew it, but had lost the sort, and called it velvit wheat.
1856 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. (new ed.) II. 1131/1 Some Scotch wheats have become greatly mixed with velvet wheat.
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velvet revolution n. [translating Czech sametová revoluce] a non-violent political revolution, esp. one in which a totalitarian regime is replaced; spec. the sequence of events in Czechoslovakia which led to the ending of communist rule in late 1989.Czechoslovakia was peacefully divided into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in January 1993.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > revolution > [noun] > specific revolutions
American Revolution1779
revolution1784
French Revolution1789
revolution1790
Fructidor1793
Russian Revolution1805
agrarian revolution1824
February Revolution1848
October Revolution1917
revolution1917
cultural revolution1929
velvet revolution1989
society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > revolution > [noun] > non-violent
velvet revolution1989
1989 Guardian 29 Nov. 23 (heading) The gentle revolution.]
1989 N.Y. Times 9 Dec. i. 9/1 This was a special way of declaring their faith in what has come to be called the velvet revolution, for its gentle, nonviolent quality.
1990 Independent on Sunday 17 June (Review Suppl.) 20/1 Now that ‘velvet’ revolutions are all the rage, Citizens never shirks from examining the bloodlust of 1789.
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velvet divorce n. [after velvet revolution n. at Additions] the non-violent split, in January 1993, of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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1992 Financial Times 8 June 15 (heading) Czechs and Slovaks reconsider the federation. Following weekend elections, the two peoples may be heading for a ‘velvet divorce’.
2005 Australian (Nexis) 22 June 12 The Czech Republic—home of the Velvet Revolution and a subsequent velvet divorce from Slovakia—is also one of the most successful and resilient of the former Eastern bloc nations.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
velvetv.
/ˈvɛlvɪt/, U.S. /ˈvɛlvət/ rare.
1. intransitive. To imitate velvet in painting.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to medium or technique > paint according to medium or technique [verb (intransitive)] > other techniques
enamel1601
velvet1612
to paint by number(s)1953
1612 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise 83 Take your verditure,..it is the faintest and palest greene that is, but it is good to veluet vpon blacke in any manner of drapery.
2. transitive. ‘To make like velvet; to cover with velvet’ (W.) Also figurative.
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the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > make smooth [verb (transitive)] > like specific material
velvet1864
satinize1865
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > cover [verb (transitive)] > with cloth or textile > specific
mat1549
down1602
blanket1608
rug1818
quilt1840
towel1865
felt1883
tarpaulin1891
velvet1959
tarp1979
1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.
1959 R. Graves Coll. Poems 96 We velveted our love with fantasy Down a long vista-row of Christmas trees.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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