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Sentence Examples I remember that these train-bearers were vested in voluminous chimeres of cloth of gold edged with crimson velvet. Leanne decided on a seductive ball gown made of royal purple velvet that appeared medieval. Henry VIII was fond of wearing a velvet, gold-embroidered purple doublet encrusted with diamonds, rubies and pearls. This ruby beer displayed a velvet hue, and an aroma of dark chocolate and roasted coffee. There are details of how they used rugged materials such as glass, concrete and steel alongside velvet, suede and leather. Its bagginess on the scrawny Pope's shoulders contrasts with the taut, nailed-down stretch of the upholstered velvet of his chair. At Dalkeith Castle on August 3rd, King James himself, in a crimson velvet jacket, rode in with a train of horsemen. She was in a small, richly furnished room, lousy with velvet pillows in jewel tones, with deep gray draperies. He was a somewhat diminutive boy, clad in a velvet suit with a lace collar, both of which were plentifully bespattered with mud. My favorite, though, was a simple foie gras terrine, cut in velvet pink slabs, with dense deposits of artichoke and rutabaga in the middle. You were rather formally attired, wearing a velvet dress that would have been appropriate for a concert stage. There it is, our shabti, lying on its little black velvet cushion, reunited with its owner. Also, introduced for the first time in the United States were dimensional cut velvet jacquards with gold lurex. These prints coordinated with the firm's printed, knitted velvet and lurex sheer knits. It was green velvet that sets off my auburn hair and makes my eyes look greener. She looked magnificent in a deep purple shirt, belted at the waist, a black velvet turban hat, a necklace of Christ on the cross. Carefully he pulled out a small velvet bag, which inside contained of variety of saltwater taffies. Prince Alvin was wearing a brilliant black, velvet tailcoat and black britches that looked stunning with his golden crown. We crept into an antechamber lined with red velvet and faced a woman who appeared the archetypical brothel madam. The dead queen's coffin, draped in black velvet on an open car, was drawn to Westminster by six horses through streets lined with torch-bearers. Show More Sentences She appreciatively fingered the delicate lace collar and black velvet trim. In the picture, Ford is dressed in a white turtleneck and a white velvet jacket with huge lapels, and he is wearing aviator glasses. It's not 1989 in the Middle East, and a series of velvet revolutions aren't on tap for the immediate future. Soft talk or big stick, carrot and stick, accept the velvet glove or face the mailed fist. I was hiding my face in the collar of my black velvet blazer, away from the sight of the class. Nuuk is rich with undertones, tidal washes, deep swathes of velvet mezzotint, patient soundings, submarinal echoes. There was also a closet full of fancy dresses made of silk, cotton, lace, satin, velvet, and lots of others! My gown had three velvet stripes on each flowing sleeve and my tassel was gold. She wore a tight black velvet shirt with a low neck and long sleeves that belled out. The sound can be a raucous metallic clangour or it can be as soft as notes on velvet. Later, lounging on the oversized velvet cushions and toasting myself in front of the fire, I felt a lot better about the whole skiing business. When my mom was young and impressionable, she went on a date with a beau who was wearing a velvet suit. A silk satin column wrap train dress was pretty and poised, while the silk velvet tuxedo turned out a new spin on menswear. The pads on the lions' paws make very comfortable velvet cushions for them to rest their heads on. He was dressed in burgundy velvet breeches, waistcoat and frock, with a silk and lace white shirt. In general, the same seed bed preparations are recommended for velvet bean as for maize, but a fine tilth is not essential. Lucie wore a black velvet pinafore, black tights and a dark purple jacket and she clung to her father's hand throughout the entire ceremony. They were silk throwsters at Taunton, also weaving crape by power looms, and sarsnet and velvet by hand looms. Seat your deity on the velvet thrones garnished with the traditional karigari. It is made of silk velvet, with the pile cut at different heights to create patterns in the fabric. Show More Sentences The stuffing beneath the worn velvet seat cover sighed to wafer thinness under her negligible weight. These are the same chinos I wear on the weekends, paired with a velvet blazer I throw on over jeans. This led him to the trade of a florist and later to creation of artificial flowers in satin, velvet, silk and other dress material. Women may have been dressed in long velvet dresses over taffeta underskirts and boned bodices. The bride wore a vanilla satin strapless boned top and midnight blue velvet fishtail skirt, with a vanilla and blue wrap. You pass through plush red velvet drapes into a lavish room of gorgeous banquettes, bookcases and bare concrete walls. By nightfall, several dozen boats will be out on the lake with their lanterns twinkling in the velvet darkness. Lounge on inviting velvet banquettes, leather easy chairs or oversized ottomans and sip their divine cocktails. Of course, cushy red velvet window-seat banquettes and embroidered footstools don't come cheap. The seat was royal blue velvet, the edges studded with brass, the arms curving forwards laced with silver. Plain, cut, screen-printed or crushed, velvet added atmosphere and interest, with cut velvets in geometric '70s designs especially prominent. Her dark green dress is accessorized with a simple black velvet choker around her neck, black open-toe high heels, and a black hand bag. The wasp waist becomes the focus as the tie dye velvet jacket is teamed with a full pleated skirt creating a feminine feel. Taking a key from his watch chain, he opened it and looked at the French dueling pistols lying on their dark blue velvet beds within. Pretty tapestry print silky dresses are worn with sumptuous tweeds, suede, leather and velvet. Her fingers started to peel off the wrapper, unveiling a dark blue velvet jewelry box. On one pair, she added a velvet ribbon sewn down the legs to imitate tuxedo pants. I was in my maroon traveling suit with the gold trimmings and a maroon velvet hat with matching feather secure on my head. She was dressed richly, both her gown and mantle a rich scarlet velvet, trimmed in beautiful white fox fur. Beneath the brown velvet of the seed capsules, a white kapok of cottony seed-parachutes packs the core. Show More Sentences Tackle the chill factor when wearing your favorite backless or strapless pieces by wrapping up in cashmere, velvet or wool shawls. So on Saturday, as you sup your glass of black velvet, just think about it. She was still in the midst of the old world of received pronunciation and velvet smoking jackets. Yards of emergency tape, velvet cordon and monobrowed guards cut the butler off from his queue of about 100 fans. Large checks, iridescent fabrics and decadent velvet are all worn with attitude. The group set up a darkened, womb-like room, with a red velvet spread covering a big bed, candles everywhere, and pictures of Claire as a baby. Our home-economics class even baked a beautiful three-layered red velvet cake for the event. He threw open the blackout curtains of heavy, dark velvet, letting the rosy light of dawn seep into the room. For dessert, we sampled the creme brulee cheesecake and a large slice of red velvet cake with rich chocolate frosting and raspberry filling. Imagine the light of a new day softly illuminating the velvet petals of a hybrid tea rose. Brilliant bigtooth maple, velvet ash, and box elder leaves float on mirror-smooth pools and stick to hiking boots. Curious, she stroked the creamy wrapping paper before ripping it off to reveal a lovely black velvet book. The doorman directed him up a hidden flight of stairs behind a velvet rope. It was layers and layers of light silk material in hues of green, white, teal, and caramel with a matching overskirt of green velvet. To glam up, throw on a velvet blazer with a pair of dark jeans and a slogan T-shirt. Alarm instantly registered in Ben's velvet brown eyes, and he stooped at once to feel the child's forehead. Her jeans and black shirt were replaced by a dress of blue velvet, cream silk and white lace. I had worn a little blue velvet jacket with gold lace and now I clutched it possessively. Leather mixes with velvet and silk as if it were the most natural thing in the world. The prime minister tricycling through St James's Park in a purple velvet poncho must have been a memorable sight. Show More Sentences A velvet swimming crab then dashes out of the shadows, grabs the shore crab's trophy and vanishes back under the kelp. Now at ease by the fireside, his feet are shod in narrow velvet slippers with a monogram embroidered in gold thread. This footwear also comes up with regal decorations like cloth of gold and velvet aside from the leather. The caravan interiors seemed to be stuck in a 1960s time warp, with pink velvet seats, patterned carpets and lots of teak furniture. The Chancellor's cap shall be a black velvet trencher cap with gold tassel and button and trimmed with three centimetres gold braid. Her body emerged from the darkness like a shimmer of light playing across a velvet curtain. She was wearing a pair of black pants with a purple velvet shirt under her letter jacket. I put on a simple light green silk and velvet tea gown and walked to their door. Her rose-dyed bodice and soft red overcoat were made of rich fabrics, possibly velvet from the east. My bed was a king-sized canopy that was laced with rich velvet and satin fabric, imported from Italy. She wore a mauve gown of rich velvet, with gold tulips sewn intricately on the bodice. Anne Keers, from Ampleforth, went for an opulent feel, in a long black velvet jacket from Mexx and patterned shift dress from Pennita, Helmsley. The tapestry is weaved from a mixture of light linen and heavy velvet and is sometimes translucent, often opaque. Naked bone, such as antlers become after velvet is shed, cannot function in heat transmission because their blood supply is lost. Here's a closeup of Mike now that his velvet has vanished, showing the injury on his right brow antler. He gestured elegantly at the door, his velvet coat rippling out behind him. The inside was lined with red velvet and something that looked like saran wrap. Warthog, bushpig, baboon, velvet monkey and many small mammals are also in good numbers. Materials like silver kid and alligator with velvet or crushed velvet linings add luxury touches to grown up footwear. Ressler, who hides an iron fist in a velvet glove, did not miss the opportunity to praise them, while having a dig at current technical director. Show More Sentences Once upon a time, colonial Britain ruled India with an iron fist in a velvet glove. Do I need to buy those patent leather loafers or a pair of velvet bedroom slippers? They sat, as they always did, in the faded velvet armchairs on either side of the fire. Onychophora, also known as velvet worms or lobopods, are considered segmented and close relatives of the Arthropoda. Common lobsters, edible crabs, velvet swimming crabs, shore crabs and hermit crabs were common. The fact is that India has realised that the only way to tackle China is with an iron hand in a velvet glove. The US and Britain have compromised to buy goodwill, retaining the right to strike with an iron fist in a velvet glove. In average seasons, velvet bean has proved itself to be remarkably free from disease and insect pests, although blister beetles may eat the flowers. One hat in the Press Room is designed from black velvet with a violin perched on top of a skull cap. She then took out her red velvet jewelry box, which contained three rings. Once I opened the box I see a small black velvet jewelry box. This explains the crumpled look of his beautiful red velvet suit paired with cowboy boots and a flowery style shirt. Like, this evening, we were watching a bit of TV when a commercial for the latest volume of Barbra Streisand Greatest Hits had the velvet voice winging through the speakers. While he provides many tips for healthier cooking, this book is laden with temptations, ranging from red velvet cake to twice-fried plantains with green salsa. The large window behind the red velvet sofa frames the yard next door, which holds a black, wrought-iron raven, its outspread wings over six feet across. We sit and he orders sake and yakitori for the 3 of us, and this sake is absolutely sublime. Delicious, melt in the mouth, like drinking liquid velvet. This amethyst party dress with velvet ribbon trim is fully lined. She was in a room fit for a queen from the 1800's, with gold linings on the walls, red velvet decorating the spaces where paintings didn't reside. Once my eyes adjusted to the light, I was shocked to find that I was in a fancy room that was decorated with fake fur, velvet, muslin, satin, and angora. Quickly, he slid his face against his left arm, dragging at the velvet. Show More Sentences This leguminous climbing plant is commonly called the velvet bean. She often wore a green velvet riding habit, and made a striking figure. There are currently 99 species without a national champion, trees ranging from the fireberry hawthorn and velvet elder to the desert apricot and sweetbay magnolia. Jeffrey quickly hides inside a closet, from which he observes Dorothy disrobe and then reach for a blue velvet robe inside the closet as he recoils in fear of discovery. When she returned to her chambers, Sonora was sitting on the lounge chair next to her armoire, gazing at a large velvet covered box that sat on her lap. She wore some blue velvet shoes and a silver locket around her neck. In royal blue velvet mini bloomers she looked anything but bland. If they are committed to getting lounge suits made, they should probably ask my tailor, who I'm sure could knock them out something cool in burgundy and velvet. A distinctive black astrakhan and velvet cap is worn on the head, and white stockings, decorated garters, and cowhide slippers with straps complete the costume. Organza makes a great splash along with tulle, lace, elegant luxury fabrics combined with glittering Chantilly, crushed velvet, jersey with lurex and iridescent cady. Buy a dark purple suede bag or a plum velvet blazer for a luxe look. If a sidekick is flamboyantly dressed in pastels or tailored velvet, he must be morally corruptible. Their underlying design is a spiraling vortex, in which undulating waters magically metamorphose into watered silk, velvet into vaporous cloud and firmament. The Kingdom Animalia, from sponges to elephants, velvet worms to octopuses, mud dragons to tardigrades, is the best studied and most widely appreciated of the kingdoms. They are available in yellow, white, and multicolored stripes and come in silk, linen, crushed velvet, Egyptian cotton, cotton sateens, and even cashmere. I dressed in a blue velvet tea gown with a lace underblouse. I picked a lovely lilac and Lauretta decided on velvet scarlet. The vibe is way upscale though a little on the relaxed side, so ardent scenesters will likely want to move on to Drai's or other velvet rope enclaves. Around my forehead was a thin blood red band of velvet material. It was something quite unique, impossibly velvet and probably never to be repeated. Show More Sentences From the red velvet drapes and smooth polished wood floors to the gorgeous blue banquettes and art-covered walls, we think you're rather going to like Baykus. It was covered in black velvet with a blood red rose embroidered on the front and a ribbon of the same colour as the rose tied in a bow at the top. The purple dress of velvet material had fitted her perfectly. Velveteen is an all cotton pile fabric with short pile resembling velvet. He wrapped it around his body, the soft velvet tickling his naked body. This sent a crack through the ground as the energy, now hinted only by a tint of velvet in the air, rushed forward and connected with Sam, sending him into the far wall. Before him walked two footmen, leading by the bridle a white hackney, covered with a housing of blue velvet, besprinkled with flowers-de-luce and gold tissue. Indeed it was, a show full of energy, awash in fur, velvet, luxe combat prints and delicious deep plums and purples. A train of long red velvet cuts the stage in two like a river of blood. In 1997, she launched a shoe collection comprising of both day and evening styles, in velvet, silk, patent leather, snake and lizard skin, shearling and suede. This plush velvet theatre is far more suited to comedy than the modern minimalism of the Barbican Centre but that is not to say it is ideal for a regular comedy club night. Made with throwaway good humour, here was an iron fist in a velvet glove. Fabrics are given the technological touch with the use of rubberized velvet and wool, mirrored wool crepe, stretch net, and spider-beaded georgette. The woman's dress was of green silk velvet, and its collar and cuffs were trimmed with silver patterns that flowed like rivers of script in their endless circles. Girls are milling outside in mini-dresses and low-cropped tops talking to bouncers behind the red velvet ropes. Nick had not been this far south before and he was too hot in his cramoisie velvet. Other creatures that come include red velvet mites, daddy longlegs, and a chipmunk. Numbers of common scoter also swell during the winter and hopefully some velvet scoter will make it this far south. But the Krater who introduces Mark to black velvet is totally human and, in his gestures, culpable. The Op Art pillow, which also comes with a coordinating throw, is part of a group of velvet pillows the company launched this fall. Show More Sentences At her funeral on 28 April, the coffin was taken to Westminster Abbey on a hearse drawn by four horses hung with black velvet. His hair is tied back with a bit of silver galloon, and he is dressed with panache in a blue velvet jacket, white silk hose, buckled pumps. A triumphant chariot made of carnation velvet, enriched with purl and pearl. A two millimetre long aquatic beetle and a five millimetre long wasp species, commonly known as velvet ant, were found in Wadi Wurayah. The contrasting scatter cushions are soft navy velvet and stonewash blue with a pretty leaf print. Pheromonally mediated colonization patterns in the velvet worm Euperipatoides rowelli. The chair features bright, scattered brushmarks printed on velvet, and is not only visually stunning, but feels soft and sumptuous to touch. If you're low on funds, don't forget to look in the lingerie department, where you'll often find inexpensive velvet bodysuits and leggings. Many years ago I bought a velvet chair for half price because it had a biro mark on it. I had been easing along the edge of the rimrock, peering over it, trying to catch sight of velvet antler tips. A long-tailed duck flew past Llanddulas on Sunday, while on Anglesey a female velvet scoter and a couple of little gulls have been at Lligwy Bay. Many gondolas are lushly appointed with crushed velvet seats and Persian rugs. Tailored vests were presented over flowing accordion pleats and enough velvet to make even summer devotees look forward to winter. Field observations of velvet ants are rare, especially for nocturnal forms. I have re-covered two old wing chairs with a contemporary Zoffany fabric on the outside and black velvet inside. Deer farms have been established for the production of venison, velvet and as part of local agrotourism. He wants to feel the soft, velvet collars of upper-class snorters and shooters. Each episode explores a variety of different topics, from wolf spiders, velvet ants and click beetles to opossums, pigeons and bats. Palmitate, stearate, oleate, linoleate, and arachidonate were the predominant fatty acids of velvet antler in spotted deer. The Sultan was dressed in a grey suit, while his entourage wore the national cap, known as a songkok, made of velvet. Show More Sentences Effect of differential processing methods on L-Dopa and protein quality in velvet bean, an underutilized pulse. The last of the gifts was fifteen horses with velvet and jewelled trappings and one hundred thousand tankas in cash. They start to work with their antlers just as soon as the velvet starts to fall off. When the antler growth is fully grown and hardened, the velvet is shed or rubbed off. The sides of the casket were covered with heavy black broadcloth, with velvet caps, presenting a deep contrast to the rich surmountings. Fava beans, mustard, clover, lupine, fenugreek, hemp, alfalfa, velvet bean are included in the list. As the antler grows it is covered in thick velvet, filled with blood vessels and spongy in texture. A black velvet jacket in an Oscar Wilde cut appeared a suitable option. Once the antler has achieved its full size, the velvet is lost and the antler's bone dies. Careful scanning produced three velvet scoter amongst hundreds of common scoter, a long tailed duck and a scaup. While an antler is growing, it is covered with highly vascular skin called velvet, which supplies oxygen and nutrients to the growing bone. Choc-a-holic A brown leather sole hosts a small wedge heel and chocolate velvet ribbon strap. Smiley and Guillam perched disconsolately beneath it, on a bench of salmon velvet. A deer's antlers are composed of bone which is an unusual example of bone being outside the skin of the animal once the velvet is shed. Among the ever-increasing numbers observed were the velvet scoter, red kite, kingfishers, cuckoos, buzzards and the spotted redshank. Japan is the only country in eastern Asia where sika deer were not farmed for velvet antlers. Criticism drapes a black velvet cape across the puddle that interrupts the path to change, to be emo about it. This blot she removed upon her finger and then rubbed disposingly into her velvet fillet. A soft covering known as velvet helps to protect newly forming antlers in the spring. Featured in black leather with citrine yellow velvet cushions and matching footstool. Show More Sentences Nearby Morfa Bychan beach has also provided some good birdwatching with long tailed duck, scaup and velvet scoter among flocks of common scoter. What a mercy you are shod with velvet, Jane! a clodhopping messenger would never do at this juncture. Most notoriously, Bielefeld produced a number of silk, leather, velvet, linen and wood issues. He wore a beautiful Delhi-style cap of black velvet embroidered with zardozi over which he had draped a cloth that concealed his face. Some of the best pieces were the swingy kick-pleat skirts, in felted wool and later on in velvet. The Lord Lieutenant, when he sat on the throne, sat beneath a canopy of crimson velvet. Huskisson's coffin was placed on a trestle table in the Town Hall, draped with black velvet and covered with feathered plumes. A cap of crimson velvet is shown within the crown, with the cap's ermine lining appearing at the base of the crown in lieu of a torse. It embraces plain twilled cloth known as jean, and cut fabrics similar to velvet, known as velveteen, moleskin, corduroy etc. Uniform at this time was a velvet coat trimmed with silver gilt, worn over armour. As for her soft brown hair, it was free to wanton in the winds, save where a strip of velvet restrained it around her brows. On one sting-pain index, with zero being nothing and four being excruciating and debilitating, velvet ants registered at an impressive three on the charts. He kitted himself out with kilt, sporran, velvet jacket, frilly shirt, socks, garters and buckle shoes and has seized every excuse to wear it all since. The funeral car was superly arranged. It consisted of a platform, on which was erected a canopy of black cloth and velvet, trimmed with silver lace. Skiddaw's slopes are generally rounded and convex, looking from a distance as though a thick velvet blanket has been draped over a supporting frame. The steep but sweeping slopes, deep folds and smooth texture can best be described as resembling a heavy sheet of velvet laid over a supporting frame. Carpets, rugs, velvet, velour, and velveteen are made by interlacing a secondary yarn through woven cloth, creating a tufted layer known as a nap or pile. He has an academic cap named after him, known as the Bishop Andrewes cap, which is like a mortarboard but made of velvet, floppy and has a tump or tuff instead of a tassel. Animal furs used in garments and trim may be dyed bright colors or to mimic exotic animal patterns, or shorn down to imitate the feel of a soft velvet fabric. The pluderhose is likewise built on a frame of chamois leather. The panes are of black velvet, decorated like the doublet and showing off the violet taffeta. Show More Sentences The velvet that covers growing antlers is a highly vascularised skin. In the velvet antler stage, antlers of elk and deer have been used in Asia as a dietary supplement or alternative medicinal substance for more than 2,000 years. Nitrogen supply to corn from sunn hemp and velvet bean green manures. The velvet worm spurts glue over its victims with such devastating style that I'm convinced it must have given Daniel Craig a run for his money as the new Bond. The walking cactus belongs to a group of extinct worm-like creatures called lobopodians, which are thought to have been a relative of today's velvet worms. Onychophorans, or velvet worms, are organisms whose behavior remains poorly understood due to their cryptic lifestyle and by the fact they are rare in the Neotropics. As cult leaders go, Rajneesh was straight out of central casting. His preferred garb was a satin-trimmed velvet robe and shoes, usually adorned with expensive jewelry. As for the shoes, many old clogging shoes had no taps and some were made of leather and velvet, while the soles of the shoes were either wooden or hard leather. These officers of arms wear the tabard of the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom, with the Scottish quarter taking precedence, made out of velvet and gold. That ill-made doublet of green cloth must be exchanged for one of velvet slashed in the Venetian style like mine own, with hose stuffed and bombasted according to the mode. The sovereign enters Westminster Abbey wearing the crimson surcoat and the Robe of State of crimson velvet and takes his or her seat on a Chair of Estate. A panel of purple velvet forms the backdrop to the chair, embroidered by the Royal School of Needlework with the royal arms, surrounded by stars and VR monograms. The general pinkness of complexion and furbelows, the jimpness of the long trim waist, the uncompromising bands of black velvet, the showers of fair ringlets. There was a great big furry fuzzy Papa Bear, and a middle-sized fuzzy furry Mama Bear, and a tiny little Baby Bear with fur as soft and feelsome as velvet. The popular ingredients include Glucosamine, Omega fatty acids, and Probiotics, along with trendier ingredients such as Bee pollen, Green tea, and elk velvet antler. Cornell and Darby researched domestic and global markets, knowing there was a demand for velvet antler in Asia, and for breeding stock in the United States. For the Tokyo outing the 39-year-old went for a structured velvet Atelier Versace LBD with dramatic neck line showing off those shapely shoulders. This treatment gives the entire velvet surface an organic appearance, like a purple, swollen, bruised epidermis onto which Levi's lapidary words are impressed. The last of the trio, its denouement if you will, is a stitched-up, Ibsenesque pairing, Baby the Stars Shine Bright, a sort of sororal doll's house in crinoline and velvet. Textured leggings under Miss Bisou velvet appliqued pinstriped skirts, topped with layered print or solid tees is just one way to pile on the fun. Show More Sentences The passion theme embraces the deep and rich colours, sumptuous materials and textures, velvet, brocade, jewels, beads, gold gravel, orchids and red Anthurium house plants. Lord Austin's secretary was immaculately dressed in a shirt with wing collars, a coat with velvet collar and drainpipe trousers which was the way he had always dressed. Examples from Classical Literature A tunic of dark velvet, fur bound and girt with a belt of finest Moorish steel, was relieved by an undervest of deepest crimson. The only brightness was that of the red velvet of the benches and the gallery hand-rests. Yesterday a spadeful of diamonds dumped upon a velvet cloth was only a spadeful of diamonds to him, and it was nothing more. Up high at the window the tsarevna was sitting, adorned with precious stones, clad in velvet and pearls. Black velvet slippers are on his feet, and his ducal cap is of black velvet. Dress of moire antique, ornamented with narrow velvet ribbons, about three-eighths of an inch wide. His suave politeness was a velvet veil of character behind which he masked the slavering fangs of the beast he really was. Of course you'll go and hear what the soothsayer has to say about the velvet case? When lightfoot's antlers are covered with this, they are said to be in the velvet state. Hair ornamented with broad velvet ribbons rolled in the torsade and with ends floating at each side. When we found him he was sitting on a divan of velvet, smoking his narghile. He persisted in wearing in the house a velvet dressing-gown and a biretta, truly an uncommon head-gear. More modest decoration was obtained by covering the salade with velvet and fixing ornaments over this of gilded iron or brass. The massive chairs and tables were of black oak, with cushions of green velvet. She did not threaten Lydia with envelopment in her richness of velvet and fur. It was hideous, cabbage-green, with black velvet put on in a Grecian pattern. There were other and still other banners, in velvet or in satin, balanced at the end of gilded batons. It was incased in a smoking jacket of velvet, and his neck was conventionally clad in collar and cravat. Again there was that vague suggestion of a steel trap covered with velvet, or kidskin. Women's dresses were of satin, taffeta, and velvet, and were made by dressmakers. Show More Sentences Her head is uncovered, and merely encircled with a bandeau of black velvet. The back hair is done up in a torsade with black velvet ribbons, the two ends of which float behind. Again, between the terrace ledge and the forest lies a square of velvet green, abounding in four-leaf clover. The furniture of the office was some old Empire stuff, upholstered in red velvet. Ground which produced a heavy crop of cowpeas, velvet beans or beggarweed the previous season is excellent for the purpose. I believe I set some store by the fact that the collar of my Attila was velvet. Here the grain is removed, and the velvet finish secured by buffing the surface on an emery wheel. Every woman does not dote on velvet nor does every man dream of sable linings. The air resounded with shrill defiant squeaks as the two bunchy velvet balls rolled over one another out of sight. Fine silk was produced at bursa, and exported to Venice and Lucca, for the manufacture of velvet. They are clothed in velvet and camlet, furred with ermine, and we are vestured with poor cloth. The grand sorcerer wore a robe of moss-green velvet embroidered with appliqued white silk lace, resembling lotus bloom. The canopy is held up by prelates, and the chairmen are in knee-breeches and red velvet. Bend to shape of brim and pin under edge of velvet, beginning at the center back. She wore a robe of emerald Genoa velvet, with an open bodice, laced over a chemisette of fine-wrought Mechlin lace. His boots were of black velvet, laced with gold thread that was studded with gems. There he sat with his cloak and doublet, and long rapier and mask of black velvet. She would wear a short red skirt with bands of black velvet around it, and smocked at the belt. Its interior will be of pure gold, very massive, and it hath a baldachin of velvet, embroidered with our ducal arms. Over the gate to the altar hung two stoles of red velvet, in which the priest who said the mass would robe himself. Show More Sentences He is styled the inventor of the velvet pile in tapestry, but it were better to call him the adaptor. Within was a bed of moss like velvet, and a coverlet made of the woven wings of the butterfly, with blankets of swansdown. Another article of Samarkand trade, carried to all sides and quarters, is cramoisy velvet. The archers and halberdiers of his bodyguard were magnificent in taffety and feathers and surcoats of cramoisy velvet. Two pairs of plates for the King of France required 3000 crescentic and 3000 round gilt nails to fix the velvet. Any ordinary manner, in comparison with Mr. Downie Meek's, would be as linsey-woolsey to three-pile velvet! This clatter excepted and a few magnificent pairs of velvet breeches, the festival was the same as that at aas. Sir Anthony Brown approached, leading a horse with a saddlecloth of crimson velvet, embroidered with gold and pearls. This stunning satin bedspread has a smart velvet border with beading and stitch detailing that is guaranteed to transform any bed. The Sienna Ivory bedspread and matching cushion in ivory silk velvet is soft to the touch and beautifully catches the light. She had brown eyes and brown hair, and she wore a dress of brown velvet. His coat was of rose-colored velvet, trimmed with shags and bobtails, with buttons of blood-red rubies and golden shags around the edges. You thought I took counsel of velvet, and solaced myself with broidery! From between the two proceed two velvet bows and a loose end. Deep red walls are set off by elaborate gold molding above and blue-green wainscot below, and large, two-sided velvet benches bisect the room. Chintz and taffeta and fine velvet are all appropriate to use. Everything is itemised, down to the two velvet coats for the lizard coachmen, 12 cavalier cravats and two nuns' wimples. Shawls and ribosos of damask, laces, gowns of satin, of velvet. Find more words! 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