velvet

• Their caps were of black velvet, adorned with jewels and buttons of gold. —  The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I
• The officers and councillors of the city were clad in velvet, and the burgesses in camlet and satin, and all were very anxious indeed to see the King, and get what was possible out of the visit. —  The Story of Rouen
• Her velvet is a pale lavender, that in certain lights looks almost frost white, and it fits her perfect figure admirably Laura has been disappointed in the wish of her soul, her grand stroke Floyd," she said, when he came down, looking the faultless gentleman, "you must open the dancing with Madame Lepelletier. —  Floyd Grandon's Honor
• She is in pale blue silk and velvet, and looks very pretty, for Marcia brightens up wonderfully with becoming dress. —  Floyd Grandon's Honor
• Bring the bouquet into your chamber, and these nasturtiums stand for the whole flaming carnival of them tumbling over the fence out there; these yellow pansies recall the velvet crescent of color glowing under the bay window; this spray of honeysuckle smells like the wind-tossed masses of it on the porch, ripe and bee-laden; the whole garden in a glass tumbler. —  The Promised Land

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