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vell

/vɛl/

vell verb: to cut the turf from, as for burning.

Verb

vell (third-person singular simple present vells, present participle velling, simple past and past participle velled)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) To cut the turf from, as for burning.
    • For velling, the share is made wide, with the angle or outer point of the wing or fin turned upward, to separate the turf entirely from the soil1796, William Marshall, Rural Economy of the West of England

Noun

vell (plural vells)

  1. (UK, archaic) The salted stomach of a calf, used in making rennet

Forms of vell

Verb
third-person singular presentvells
present participlevelling
past participlevelled
pastvelled
Noun
pluralvells

Origin of vell

Compare Latin vellus (“the skin of a sheep with the wool on it, a fleece, a hide or pelt”), or English fell (“a hide”).

Words that rhyme with vell

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Questions about vell

What does vell mean?
Vell means to cut the turf from, as for burning.
What part of speech is vell?
Vell can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce vell?
Vell is pronounced /vɛl/.
What is the past tense of vell?
The past tense of vell is velled.

Words near vell in the dictionary

  1. Velitrae
  2. Veliz
  3. Velizes
  4. Veljko
  5. Velké Svatoňovice
  6. vell
  7. Vella
  8. Vella Lavella
  9. Vellacott
  10. Vellala
  11. Vellalar

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