"velvet" Definition

Definitions for the word "velvet" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. a.
Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. i.
To pain velvet.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To make like, or cover with, velvet.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
1 soft fabric with a thick short pile on one side. 2 furry skin on a growing antler. adj. Of, like, or soft as velvet. on velvet in an advantageous or prosperous position. velvety adj. [latin villus tuft, down]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
7. slang
the tongue; especially the tongue of a magsman. Also, men who have succeeded in their speculations, especially on the turf, are said to stand on VELVET.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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