"vell" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /vɛl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vell.wav Forms: vells [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: Compare Latin vellus (“the skin of a sheep with the wool on it, a fleece, a hide or pelt”), or English fell (“a hide”). Etymology templates: {{lena}}, {{cog|la|vellus||the skin of a sheep with the wool on it, a fleece, a hide or pelt}} Latin vellus (“the skin of a sheep with the wool on it, a fleece, a hide or pelt”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} vell (plural vells)
  1. (UK, dialect) The salted stomach of a calf, used in making cheese; a rennet bag. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-vell-en-noun-VIDG05K1 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /vɛl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vell.wav Forms: vells [present, singular, third-person], velling [participle, present], velled [participle, past], velled [past]
Rhymes: -ɛl Head templates: {{en-verb}} vell (third-person singular simple present vells, present participle velling, simple past and past participle velled)
  1. (UK, dialect) To cut the turf from, as for burning. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-vell-en-verb-lVdXgNyk Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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      "form": "vells",
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