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Definition of Velvet dock

Velvet dock
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.] 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. 2. The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth. 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.

Meaning of Velvet dock from wikipedia

- of other "X's staff" and "X's rod". The name "velvet dock" or "mullein dock" is also recorded, where "dock" is a British name applied to any broad-leaved...
- especially broad-leaved dock Dock, more rarely used in the names of certain similar broad-leaved plants, like velvet dock Tailhead, or dock, the beginning of...
- Kind of Wonderful" ✔ ✔ – – 5 Kamila Kiehne 17 Los Lunas, New Mexico "Black Velvet" ✔ – ✔ ✔ 6 Tanner Frick 26 Manchester, Tennessee "Thought You Should Know"...
- Blankenship. Pitchfork Media compared the EP favorably to the works of The Velvet Underground, noting that the recording contained both characteristics of...
- of Hawaiian Eye detective Greg McKenzie to clear him. 51 18 "A Touch of Velvet" Edward Dein Erna Lazarus January 11, 1961 (1961-01-11) Artist Gordon Montagne...
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- intituled, "An Act to prohibit the Importation of Foreign Wrought Silks and Velvets, for a limited Time; and for preventing unlawful Combinations of Workmen...
- as Catherine Ann Davies, was born on 20 June 1906 at 5 Leam Lane in Tyne Dock, South Shields, County Durham, England. She was known as "Katie" as a child...
- into Quebec in America; and the prohibiting of Foreign-wrought Silks and Velvets. (Repealed by Customs Law Repeal Act 1825 (6 Geo. 4. c. 105)) Importation...
- mode found on the LG Velvet and V60 phones. Continuum, a similar feature announced by Microsoft in 2015 for Windows 10 Mobile Docking station Lapdock Cunningham...