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Definition: Oidemia fusca
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.]
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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.
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2. The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops
and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid
growth.
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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 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. (Zo["o]l.)
(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 (Zo["o]l.), the water rail; -- so called from
its quiet, stealthy manner of running. [Prov. Eng.]
Velvet scoter. (Zo["o]l.) Same as
Velvet duck, above.
Velvet sponge. (Zo["o]l.) See under
Sponge.
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Diver
\Div"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, dives.
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Divers and fishers for pearls. --Woodward.
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2. Fig.: One who goes deeply into a subject, study, or
business.
“A diver into causes.” --Sir H. Wotton.
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3. (Zo["o]l.) Any bird of certain genera, as
Urinator
(formerly
Colymbus), or the allied genus
Colymbus, or
Podiceps, remarkable for their agility in diving.
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Note: The northern diver (
Urinator imber) is the loon; the
black diver or velvet scoter (
Oidemia fusca) is a sea
duck. See
Loon, and
Scoter.
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