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.

2. (n.) The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth.

3. (a.) Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety.

4. (v. i.) To pain velvet.

5. (v. t.) To make like, or cover with, velvet.

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