| 释义 | ▪ I. vell, n. dial.
Also 8–9 velve.
[Of obscure origin; vell is no doubt a reduction of velve, and the initial v may stand for original f.]
(See quots.)
1724Act 11 Geo. I. c. 7 Addit. Bk. Rates, Calves Velves to make Rennet. c1789Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) IV. 369/2 Let the vell, maw, rennet-bag (or by whatever name it is called), be perfectly sweet. 1812J. Smyth Pract. of Customs (1821) 58 Calves Velves, or Vells, are the Maws or Stomachs of Calves, which have fed entirely upon Milk. After being salted or kept some time, the Vells are infused in a preparation of salt and water for the making of Rennet. c1830Glouc. Farm Rep. 32 (L.U.K.) III, Rennet or runnet is made from the stomachs of calves, called here ‘vells’. Irish vells are the best. 1861Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XXII. i. 59 The rennet does not keep well when made in any quantity of pickled vells. 1886–93in dial. glossaries (Glouc., Wilts., Som.).
▪ II. vell, v. s.w. dial.
Also 9 fell.
[f. vell, southwestern dialect var. fell n.1]
trans. To strip (land) of turf by means of a skimming-plough. Also velled ppl. a., ˈvelling vbl. n.
1674Ray S. & E.C. Words 78 Velling, Plowing up the turf or upper surface of the ground, to lay on heaps to burn. West-countrey. [Hence in Phillips (1706), etc.] 1796W. H. Marshall Rur. Econ. W. Devon. I. 143 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 soil. Ibid., W. England II. 8 A considerable portion of the country is now set with roof heaps of Lime, and with velled Beat, now burning. Ibid. 47 Grass Inclosures velled for Wheat. 1837J. F. Palmer Devonsh. Dial. Gloss. 38 The balk or narrow slip which is left in velling the land. 1871J. Couch Hist. Polperro 118 If an old grass field with a thick face is to be taken into culture, the skimming plough is used, and the process is called ‘felling’.
▪ III. vell
obs. var. veal. |
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