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"Velum" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... belonging to the soil or emanating from the venerable woodwork; almost an odor of wild beast. The mosquito curtain of dark blue gauze ready hung for the night, falls from the ceiling with the air of a mysterious velum. The gilded Buddha smiles eternally at the night-lamps burning before him; some great moth, a constant frequenter of the house, which during the day sleeps clinging to our ceiling, flutters at this hour ...
— Madame Chrysantheme • Pierre Loti |
Words linked to "Velum" : flap, universal veil, plant structure, palate, velar, plant part, partial veil, roof of the mouth, veil, uvula, soft palate |
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