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語源 1

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動詞

vell (third-person singular simple present vells, present participle velling, simple past and past participle velled)

1. (UK, obsolete, agriculture, dialect) To cut the turf from, as for burning.
   • 1796, William Marshall, Rural Economy of the West of England:

     For velling, the share is made wide, with the angle or outer point of the wing or fin turned upward, to separate the turf entirely from the soil

語源 2

Compare Latin vellus (“the skin of a sheep with the wool on it, a fleece, a hide or pelt”), or English fell (“a hide”).

名詞

vell (plural vells)

1. (UK, archaic) The salted stomach of a calf, used in making rennet

参照

• “vell”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.