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Vell

//vɛl// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The salted stomach of a calf, used in making cheese; a rennet bag. UK, dialectal
Verb
  1. 1
    To cut the turf from, as for burning. UK, dialectal, obsolete

    "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"

Etymology

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

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