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

(5):

(v. i.) To pain velvet.