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Definition of: vellum
(vel′əm) noun
1. Fine parchment made from the skins of calves: used for expensive binding, printing, etc.
2. A manuscript written on such parchment.
3. Paper made to resemble parchment. [<OF velin, vellin <veel, viel calf. See VEAL.]
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