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"ref": "1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 206–207:",
"text": "For the first time since her husband's death, she had thrown off her weeds, and put on attire more suited to the occasion. She was richly, yet plainly dressed, in a purple velvet, with a hood of white point lace. Even her silent handmaids were surprised out of their ordinary propriety by her appearance.",
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"ref": "1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter II, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:",
"text": "She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace,[…]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid, […] all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.",
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"word": "beggars' velvet"
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{
"word": "black velvet"
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{
"word": "cotton velvet"
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{
"word": "crushed velvet"
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{
"word": "poor man's black velvet"
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{
"word": "purple velvet plant"
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{
"word": "red velvet"
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{
"word": "red-velvet cake"
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{
"word": "red velvet cake"
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{
"word": "red velvet mite"
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{
"word": "slashed velvet"
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{
"word": "stand on velvet"
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{
"word": "tip someone's velvet"
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{
"word": "Utrecht velvet"
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{
"word": "velvet ant"
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{
"word": "velvet antler"
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{
"word": "velvet ash"
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{
"word": "velvet bean"
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{
"word": "velvet cichlid"
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{
"word": "velvet cork"
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{
"word": "velvet crab"
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{
"word": "velvet divorce"
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{
"word": "velvet duck"
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{
"word": "velveteen"
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{
"word": "velvet flower"
},
{
"word": "velvet glove"
},
{
"word": "velvet handcuffs"
},
{
"word": "velvet hippo"
},
{
"word": "velvet leatherjacket"
},
{
"word": "velvet paper"
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{
"word": "velvet pile"
},
{
"word": "Velvet Revolution"
},
{
"word": "velvet scoter"
},
{
"word": "velvet shank"
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{
"word": "velvet spider"
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{
"word": "velvet tamarind"
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{
"word": "velvet water bug"
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{
"word": "velvet work"
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{
"word": "velvet worm"
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"ref": "1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 206–207:",
"text": "For the first time since her husband's death, she had thrown off her weeds, and put on attire more suited to the occasion. She was richly, yet plainly dressed, in a purple velvet, with a hood of white point lace. Even her silent handmaids were surprised out of their ordinary propriety by her appearance.",
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"ref": "1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter II, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:",
"text": "She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace,[…]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid, […] all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.",
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"ref": "1575, Jacques du Fouilloux, “Of the Termes of Venery”, in George Gascoigne, transl., The Noble Art of Venerie or Hunting. […], London: […] Thomas Purfoot, published 1611, →OCLC, page 244:",
"text": "His [a hart's] head when it commeth firſt out, hath a ruſſet pyll vpon it, the which is called Veluet, […]",
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kadife"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "muḵmal",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "مُخْمَل"
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"code": "ar",
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"sense": "fabric",
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"feminine"
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"word": "قَطِيفَة"
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"code": "arz",
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"word": "قطيفة"
},
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"code": "hy",
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"roman": "tʻaviš",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "թավիշ"
},
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "fabric",
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"sense": "fabric",
"word": "মখমল"
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"sense": "fabric",
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"code": "my",
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"sense": "fabric",
"word": "ကတ္တီပါ"
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"code": "yue",
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"sense": "fabric",
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},
{
"code": "yue",
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"roman": "si¹ jung⁴",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "丝绒"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "絲絨"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "fabric",
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "fabric",
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "fabric",
"word": "天鹅绒"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
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"code": "eo",
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"code": "et",
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"sense": "fabric",
"word": "samet"
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"code": "fo",
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"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "fabric",
"word": "sametti"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"code": "gl",
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"code": "ka",
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"code": "de",
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"tags": [
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
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"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "קְטִיפָה"
},
{
"code": "hi",
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"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "मख़मल"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "fabric",
"word": "bársony"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "flauel"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "beludru"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "veilbhit"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "velluto"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "berubetto",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "ベルベット"
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{
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "fabric",
"word": "ビロード"
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{
"code": "kk",
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"roman": "barqyt",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "барқыт"
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{
"code": "kk",
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"code": "kk",
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{
"code": "km",
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"roman": "kammñəy",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "កម្ញី"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "belbet",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "벨벳"
},
{
"code": "ko",
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"roman": "udan",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "우단"
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{
"code": "kum",
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{
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"sense": "fabric",
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{
"code": "lo",
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"sense": "fabric",
"word": "ກຳມະຫຍີ່"
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"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
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"word": "samts"
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"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
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"code": "lb",
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"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "Samett"
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "somot",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "mk",
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"roman": "kadife",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "baldu"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "beledu"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bellus"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "wereweti"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xilen",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "хилэн"
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"code": "nrf",
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"sense": "fabric",
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"masculine"
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
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"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "kadife",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "قطیفه"
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"code": "ps",
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"roman": "baxmál",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
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"code": "ps",
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"sense": "fabric",
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{
"code": "fa",
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"roman": "maxmal",
"sense": "fabric",
"word": "مخمل"
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"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "makhmal",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ਮਖਮਲ"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bárxat",
"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ба́рхат"
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"sense": "fabric",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вельве́т"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "fabric",
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"sense": "fabric",
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"masculine"
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"sense": "fabric",
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{
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"sense": "fabric",
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"roman": "kadifen",
"sense": "made of velvet",
"word": "кадифен"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "made of velvet",
"word": "aksamitny"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bárxatnyj",
"sense": "made of velvet",
"word": "ба́рхатный"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "soft",
"word": "aksamitny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "politics",
"word": "aksamitny"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"velvet"
],
"word": "velvet"
}
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