velet

An old spelling of veil. Velella (vē-lelä), n. 1815), dim. of L. velum, veil: see veil.] 1. The typical genus of Velellidæ. The best-known mem ber of the genus is V. vulgar is, the sallee-man, an inch or two in length, semitransparent, of a beautiful blue col A Velella (Velella mutica). or, floating on the surface of the sea, with a vertical crest like a sail (whence the name). Another is V. mutica. rennet of the calf. [Prov. Eng.] vell2 (vel), v. t. [ They are known as Spanish cre and as cre - rocket . vellarin (vel'a-rin), n. A substance extracted from Hydro cotyle , or pennywort. velleityt (ve-lē'i-ti), n. [= F. velléité = Sp. veleidad = Pg. velleidade = It. velleità , ‹ ML. velleita (t-)s, irreg. velle , will, wish: see will1.] Volition in the weakest form; an indolent or inactive wish or inclination toward a thing, which leads to no energetic effort to obtain it: chiefly a scholastic term. 2. [l. c.] A member of this genus. Velellidæ (ve-lel'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., haps Though even in nature there may be many good inclinations to many instances of the Divine commandments, yet it can go no further than this velleity , this desiring to Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), II. 12. Velleity-the term used to signify the lowest degree of desire, and that which is next to none at all, when there is so little uneasine in the absence of any thing that it carries a man no farther than some faint wishes for it. Locke, Human Understanding, II. xx. 6. clear rivers and creeks, from early spring until cold we avel len a get, n. A obsolete irregular form of vil ther in autumu. velic (vēʻlik), a. [L. velum, a sail, + ic.] Of leinage. Spenser, F. Q., II. xi. 1.