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Webster 1913 Edition

(vē̍-lĭf′ẽr-ŭs)

Adj.

[L.

velifer

;

velum

a sail +

ferre

to bear.]

Carrying or bearing sails.

[Obs.]

“Veliferous chariots.”

Evelyn.

Adj.

[L. velum, a sail, and fero, to bear.] Bearing or carrying sails.

veliferous ‎(not comparable)

Having or bearing a sail.
- 1841, Thomas Rymer Jones, A General Outline of the Animal Kingdom (page 443)
  With its veliferous arms thus firmly embracing its abode, the Argonaut has two modes of progression.