[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

velvet \vel"vet\, n. oe. velouette, veluet, velwet; cf. of.
   velluau, ll. velluetum, vellutum, it. velluto, sp. velludo;
   all fr. assumed ll. villutus shaggy, fr l. villus shaggy
   hair; akin to vellus a fleece, and e. wool. see wool, and
   cf. villous.
   1913 webster
   1. 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, or with other soft fibers such as nylon,
      acetate, or rayon.
      1913 webster + pjc

   2. the soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops
      and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid
      growth.
      1913 webster

   3. something likened to velvet1 in being soft or luxurious;
      as, a lawn of velvet.
      pjc

   cotton velvet, an imitation of velvet, made of cotton.

   velvet cork, the best kind of cork bark, supple, elastic,
      and not woody or porous.

   velvet crab zool., a european crab portunus puber.
      when adult the black carapace is covered with a velvety
      pile. called also lady crab, and velvet fiddler.

   velvet dock bot., the common mullein.

   velvet duck. zool.
      a a large european sea duck, or scoter oidemia
          fusca. the adult male is glossy, velvety black, with
          a white speculum on each wing, and a white patch
          behind each eye.
      b the american whitewinged scoter. see scoter.

   velvet flower bot., love-lies-bleeding. see under love.
      

   velvet grass bot., a tall grass holcus lanatus with
      velvety stem and leaves; -- called also soft grass.

   velvet runner zool., the water rail; -- so called from
      its quiet, stealthy manner of running. prov. eng.

   velvet scoter. zool. same as velvet duck, above.

   velvet sponge. zool. see under sponge.

   in velvet having a coating of velvet2 over the antlers;
      in the annual stage where the antlers are still growing;
      -- of deer.
      1913 webster + pjc
see also:
wool villous cotton velvet velvet cork velvet crab portunus puber 
lady crab velvet fiddler velvet dock velvet duck oidemia fusca 
scoter velvet flower love velvet grass holcus lanatus 
soft grass velvet runner velvet scoter velvet sponge sponge 
in velvet 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

velvet \vel"vet\, a.
   made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety. "
   the cowslip's velvet head." --milton.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

velvet \vel"vet\, v. i.
   to pain velvet. r. --peacham.
   1913 webster

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

velvet \vel"vet\, v. t.
   to make like, or cover with, velvet. r.
   1913 webster

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

velvet
     adj 1: smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste syn:
            velvety
     2: resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface syn: velvety
     n : a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back
see also:
velvety 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

103 moby thesaurus words for "velvet":
   easy street, affluence, alabaster, bed of roses, billiard table,
   blubber, bowling alley, bowling green, breeze, butter, cinch, clay,
   clover, comfort, contentment, cushion, daintiness, delicacy, dough,
   down, downiness, ease, easy circumstances, easy target, easy thing,
   eiderdown, feather bed, feathers, felicity, filminess,
   fine-grainedness, fineness, flat, fleece, fleshpots, floss, flue,
   fluff, fluffiness, foam, fuzz, fuzziness, glass, gossameriness,
   gracious life, gracious living, happiness, ice, ivory, kapok,
   lap of luxury, level, life of ease, loaves and fishes, luxury,
   mahogany, marble, peach fuzz, picnic, pie, piece of cake, pillow,
   plane, plush, prosperity, prosperousness, pubescence, pudding,
   puff, pushover, putty, refinement, rubber, satin, satininess,
   security, setup, silk, silkiness, sinecure, sitting duck, slide,
   smooth, smoothness, snap, softness, solid comfort, success,
   swansdown, tennis court, the affluent life, the good life,
   thistledown, thriving condition, upward mobility, velvetiness, wax,
   weal, wealth, welfare, well-being, wool, zephyr

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