velvet:1

noun
vel*vet \ ˈvel-vət \
14th century{ds||1||}
  • a clothing and upholstery fabric (as of silk, rayon, or wool) characterized by a short soft dense warp pile
  • something suggesting velvet
  • a characteristic (such as softness or smoothness) of velvet

velvet:2

adjective
velvet \
14th century{ds||1||}
  • made of or covered with velvet; also : clad in velvet
  • resembling or suggesting velvet : velvety

velvet ant

noun
velvet ant \
1748
  • any of various solitary usually brightly colored and hairy fossorial wasps (family Mutillidae) with the female wingless

velvet bean

noun
velvet bean \
1898{ds||1||}
  • cowhage; especially : a cowhage (Mucuna pruriens var. utilis) that is sometimes grown in the southern U.S. for green manure and grazing
  • the seed of the velvet bean that is often used as feed for livestock (such as cattle and hogs)

panne

noun
panne \ ˈpan \
circa 1794{ds||1||}
  • a silk or rayon velvet with lustrous pile flattened in one direction —called also panne velvet
  • a heavy silk or rayon satin with high luster and waxy smoothness
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