1. Noun
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.
2. Noun
The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth.
3. Adjective
Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety.
4. Verb
To pain velvet.
5. Verb
To make like, or cover with, velvet.
6. Noun
a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back
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