sb. and a. Sc. Obs. Forms: α. 5 vell-, wellowis, vellous, -us, 5–6 wellus. β. 5 veluous, -vous, -uus, welwous, 6 -uous, -uos, velvois, etc. [a. OF. velous, velos, velwis, velvis, later F. velours VELOURS.] = VELVET sb. and a.

1

  α.  c. 1450.  Maitl. Club Misc., III. 196. j reid cap of yellowis. Ibid., 197. A blew claith wellowis.

2

1474.  Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot., I. 16. 21/2 elne of vellous for a fute mantil. Ibid., 69. vj elne of vellus for a kirtil. Ibid. (1503), II. 297. For ane wellus bonet to the Erle of Murray.

3

  β.  1473.  Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot., I. 73. iiij1/2 elne of rede crammacy veluous.

4

1491.  Acta Dom. Conc., 199/1. xviij elne of Welwous.

5

1530.  Burgh Rec. Edinb. (1871), II. 27. Ane schitt of grene weluos.

6

1561.  Inv. R. Wardr. (1815), 124. Ane bed of blak velvois.

7

a. 1586.  Sir R. Maitland, Poems (Pinkerton, 1786), 326. Thair gouns … Barrit with velvous.

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