Definition of velvet

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Velvet (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..

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Velvet :: Velvet (v. i.) To pain velvet.
Moquette :: Moquette (n.) A kind of carpet having a short velvety pile.
Velveret :: Velveret (n.) A kind of velvet having cotton back.
Jet :: "Jet (n.) A variety of lignite, of a very compact texture and velvet black color, susceptible of a good polish, and often wrought into mourning jewelry, toys, buttons, etc. Formerly called also black amber..
Sea Peach :: Sea peach () A beautiful American ascidian (Cynthia, / Halocynthia, pyriformis) having the size, form, velvety surface, and color of a ripe peach..
Velvet :: Velvet (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..
Flock :: Flock (sing. / pl.) Very fine, sifted, woolen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, used as a coating for wall paper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fiber used for a similar purpose..
Velvetbreast :: Velvetbreast (n.) The goosander.
Nap :: Nap (n.) The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet..
Whitewing :: Whitewing (n.) The velvet duck.
Velours :: Velours (n.) One of many textile fabrics having a pile like that of velvet.
Figeater :: Figeater (n.) A large beetle (Allorhina nitida) which in the Southern United States destroys figs. The elytra are velvety green with pale borders.
Velveteen :: Velveteen (n.) A kind of cloth, usually cotton, made in imitation of velvet; cotton velvet..
Velvet :: Velvet (n.) The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth.
Trevat :: Trevat (n.) A weaver's cutting instrument; for severing the loops of the pile threads of velvet.
Dress :: Dress (n.) A lady's gown; as, silk or a velvet dress..
Thickset :: Thickset (n.) A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen..
Stilt :: Stilpnomelane (n.) A black or greenish black mineral occurring in foliated flates, also in velvety bronze-colored incrustations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron and alumina..
Pile :: Pile (n.) A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet..
Velvet :: Velvet (a.) Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety..
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