velveteen

[A dim in. from velvet (q.v.).] 1. Lit.: A cotton fabric having the appearance of velvet, from which it differs only in respect of the material. When it has a twilled back it is called that one cannot lose, and must in all probability Genoa. win. (Racing slang.) velvet-bur, s . "A pa ion for nature-a deep, imaginative pa ion for her wild scenes and solitary beauty-very often lies hid. den under the rough coat of the fisherman, the velveteen Emi ia Wyndham, ch. xii. Bot .: Priva echinata ; a plant of the order Ver shooting-jacket, and even under the scarlet coat."- benacese. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia velveting 2. Fig . (pl.): A gamekeeper, from his dre . (Colloq. Eng. or slang.) "Were the English 'velveteens' le conservative and orthodox in his views of what the limits of his duties are, he might take a hint from the 'foreigner' in trapping blue rocks."-London Daily Telegraph .