vellett

An obsolete form of velvet. or pertaining to a ship's sail. Velic point. Same vell i, n. Plural of vellus. as center of effort (which see, under center1 ). veliferous (ve-life-rus), a. [L. velifer, sail bearing, " veliferous chariots," Evelyn , Navigation and Commerce, § 25. [Rare.] -2. In zoöl . , having a velum; velate; veliger ous; velamen to us. veliform (vel'i-form), a . [L. velum , veil, + form a , form.] Forming a velum; resembling or serving as a veil or velum; velamen to us. veliger (vel'i-jer), n. [ veliger , sail-bearing: see veliger ous .] One who or that which bears a velum; in Mollusca , specifically, the veliger ous stage of the embryo, or the embryo in that stage, when it has a ciliated swimming membrane or velum (see velum , 3, and typem bryo ). The veliger develops directly from the mere trochosphere with its circlet of cilia, and continues through the period of persistence of the ciliated formation, which a umes various shapes in the different groups of mol lusks.