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VEL'LUM, n. [L. vello.] A finer kind of parchment or skin, rendered clear and wh...
VELLICATION, n. 1. The act of twitching, or of causing to twitch. 2. A twitching...
VEL'LICATING, ppr. Twitching; convulsing.
VEL'LICATED, pp. Twitched or caused to twitch.
VEL'LICATE, v.t. [L. vellico, from vello, to pull. It may be from the root of pu...
VELLE'ITY, n. [L. velle, to will.] A term by which the schools express the lowes...
VELL, n. A rennet bag. [Local.] VELL , v.t. To cut off the turf or sward of land...
VELITA'TION, n. [L. velitatio.] A dispute or contest; a slight skirmish. [Not in...
VELIF'EROUS, a. [L. velum, a sail, and fero, to bear.] Bearing or carrying sails.
VEINY, a. Full of veins; as veiny marble.
VEINLESS, a. In botany, having no veins; as a veinless leaf.
VEINED, a. [from vein.] 1. Full of veins; streaked; variegated; as veined marble...
VEIN, n. [L. vena, from the root of venio, to come, to pass. The sense is a pass...
VEIL, n. [L. velum. 1. A cover; a curtain; something to intercept the view and l...
VE'HICLED, a. Conveyed in a vehicle.
VE'HICLE, n. [L. vehiculum, from veho, to carry.] 1. That in which any thing is ...