Vellum is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for VELLUM in dictionary:

NOUN:
• (Latin) calf or lamb gut or skin prepared for writing on; parchment
• fine parchment made originally from the skin of a calf
• fine calfskin parchment
• A fine kind of parchment, usually made from calfskin, and rendered clear and white, -- used as for writing upon, and for binding books.
• a heavy creamy-colored paper resembling parchment
• fine parchment prepared from the skin of a young animal e.g. a calf or lamb
ADJECTIVE:
• made of or resembling vellum
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• a fine parchment

Words related to VELLUM

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Words that contain VELLUM

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How to use VELLUM in a sentence

• The interior shows pages of vellum, with names of subscribers beautifully inscribed.
• A bundle of papers and vellum rolls fastened together, and carried by an old servant behind him, shows us that he is just returning home from school.
• VELLUM, a fine kind of parchment, made of the skin of a lamb, goat, sheep or young calf, for writing on.
• Others, used on vellum and parchment, consisted of a square piece of blue paper, glued on the parchment, and fastened by a little piece of brass.
• The chief tax was the stamp duty on paper, vellum, etc.
• The leaves were of the finest vellum, with tastefully designed illuminations all round them.
• Paper had not as yet been invented, so the message had to be carefully written, by paid scribes, on vellum or parchment.
• Then I brought from the workshop a sheet of vellum and colours, and the painting tools, and so fashioned a little picture of her, to wear within the breast of my doublet.
• The vellum is well prepared and of medium thickness.
• Johnson gathered them to his heart with scant regard for outward magnificence, for the glories of calf and vellum.
• Glass, Mirrors, Earthenware, Porcelain, Needles, Pins, Paper, Printing, Parchment, and Vellum VIII.
• Later, in the Minute Book it is generally referred to as the Vellum Book.
• As vellum is constantly spoken of in connection with illumination and illuminated books, it becomes necessary to explain what it is, and why it was used instead of paper.
• In Europe, too, it continued in common use long after vellum had been adopted for books, though more especially for letters and accounts.
• He prepared the vellum, ruled it with the fine metal point, copied the text, painted the illuminations, put on the gilding, and even added the binding.
• Where the gold lettering still lingers, it is confined to the first page or two, and the same may be said of the purple vellum.
• It appeared to be made of some fine leather or vellum, remarkably like human skin in texture.
• It is bound in vellum, with gilt lines and a gilt design on the cover.
• But Rizzio spelled his name Riccio! The seer now copied on paper a writing which in his trance he saw on vellum.
• Three weeks later, in another trance, the seer finished his design of the vellum.
• At the head of the ladder there met me an aged gentleman, lean and bald and wrinkled, with narrow eyes and a skin like clear vellum.
• I say signature because its position upon the vellum suggested this idea.
• In process of time the use of vellum was discontinued, and a cotton material replaced it.
• On one of the vellum leaves of which the Red Book of the Irish Exchequer is composed, there is depicted a pen and ink sketch of that court.

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