Lexicon: vault – velvet

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vault (-ed), v. [OFr volter, to gambol, leap.] (webplay: death, flowers, turn).

Jump; leap; hurdle; bound; spring.

vaunt, n. [OFr < L. vānus, vain, empty.] (webplay: boasting, first).

Boast; brag; arrogance; vainglorious language.

vegetation (-'s), n. [L. vegetātio,] (webplay: nature, plants).

vehemence, n. [L. vehementia.] (webplay: urgent).

vehicle (-s), n. [L. vehěre, to carry.] (webplay: cart, chariots, coaches, kind, style, thought, wagons, wheel).

veil, n. [see vail, n.] (webplay: hide).

vein (-s), n. [L. vēna.] (webplay: along, arteries, blood, branch, come, finer, flowers, marble, nerves, open, pass, sense, stones, strain, term, thinking, traced).

vellum, adj. [OFr < L. vitulus, calf.]

Fine parchment made from the skin of a calf.

velocity, n. [Fr. < L. vēlox, swift, rapid.] (webplay: absolute, light).

Movement; swiftness; swiftness of motion.

velvet, adj. [L. vill-us, shaggy hair.] (webplay: close, fine, short, silk, soft).