Velvet

n. [O. Eng. velouette, veluet, vellute, vellet, O. Fr. velluau, velluyau, L. Lat. velluetum, vellutum, It. velluto, Sp. velludo, from Lat. as if villutus, for villosus, shaggy, from villus, shaggy hair. See supra.] A soft material woven wholly from silk, or of silk and cotton mixed, having a loose pile or short shag of thread on the surface.

Cotton velvet, an imitation of velvet, made of cotton;—called also velveteen.—Velvet cork, the best kind of cork bark, of a reddish color, supple, and not woody or porous. Simmonds.

v. i. To paint velvet. [Rare.] Peacham.

a. Made of velvet; or soft and delicate, like velvet. “The cowslip’s velvet head.” Milton.