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VALIDOUS.
i7»7 Bailey (vol. II), Vaiidness, Ability, Power; also
Authentickness, &c. x88a Arnold in igih Cent. No. 69.
718 Lucidity is the perception of the want of truth and vaiidness
in notions long current.
t Va'lidouSy a. Obs. [f. L. valid-us Valid a.
+ -ous.] Valid, in various senses.
1603 Harsnet Pop. Impost. 98 Because the Consequence
is so Validous wee will looke a little into these holy fireworks.
Ibid. loo This ranke savor was so Validous and
strong that it seated through the glasse. i6iz Speed Hist.
Gt. Brit. IX. viii. §37. 553 The other [side urged} against
Norwich, that no second election could be validous, vnlesse
the former were first annulled. 1635 R. N. tr. CavtderCs Eliz.
Introd,, In the first Parliament which Queene Mary held.,
the marriage . . was judged to be . . validous and available.
Valienoie, obs. form of Valiancy.
Valient, obs. form of Valiant.
t Va'lienton. Obs,~^ [a. Sp. vaUnion, f.
valiente valiant.] A bully, braggart.
1681 RvcAUT tr. Gracian's CHttck 185 The Couragious,
and Valientons of the World, after some few bravadoes and
blustering words, . . submitted . . to the loss of Liberty.
Valinch(er, veliiiche(r : see quots. and
Valentia.
1843 E. Moor Suffolk IVds. s.v. Valentia^,. \ have met
with the word in print, spelled Vaiinch. 1847 Wehster,
Valinch, a tube for drawing liquors from a cask by the
bung-hole. x868 Loftus' Catal. Hydrometers^ etc. 6
Velinchers for samphng casks. 1875 Knight Diet. Meek,
2553 7"A/*y^/w^^,..asampling-tube; avelinche. X899A''. i^Q-
4 Feb. 97/1 The nearest approach to a Mong' measure is
the valincher, or valinch, used in sampling * from the bting'.
Valise (vaUs, valrz). Forms: 7 vallies,
valice, 8 valize, valaise, 9 *SV-. wal-, walliBe,
vallise, 7- valise, [a. F. vaiise (1568), ad. It.
valigia (Sp. balijd)y corresponding to med.L. vaiisia
(1407), vaiixia, valesia (1398), of doubtful
origin.
Id Sandys Trfweis {\6i^) 115 the form valeisa is used.]
1. A travelling case or portmanteau, now usually
made of leather and of a size suitable for carrying
by hand, formerly also for strapping to the saddle
of a horse. Now chiefly C/.S.
1633 B. JossoN Tale o/Tub 11. i, I promise To keep my
master's privities seald up In the vallies of my trust, lock'd
close for ever. 1644 D. Hume Hist. Douglas 95 The
Country people.. sometimes robbed them of their horses,
sometimes of their valises and luggage. 1660 F. Brooke tr.
Le Blanc's Trav. 317 Poor Alari Tost above two thousand
franks which he had in his Valice, i7I3C'tess Winch elsea
Misc. Poems 130 Bringing their Noddles, and Valizes pack'd
With Mysteries, from Shops and Taylors wreck'd. 1785
A rab, Nts. Entert. 576 Having brought a valaise along with
him, he put as much gold into it as his horse could carry.
"797, Jeffrrson WV//, (1859) IV. 156 Your impatience to
receive your valise and its key was natural. 1815 Scott
Guy i\f. xxii, He drew the girths of bis saddle, adjusted the
walise, and put on the bridle. 1839 Dickf.ns Nickleby xiii.
He packed up a few clothes in a small leathern valise. 1884
E. Yates Rec. 4- Exp. I. 46 The letters being enclosed in
leather valises, which were strapped behind the post-boys.
b. MiL A cylindrical cloth or leather case
adapted for carrying the kit or outfit of a soldier,
esp, of a cavalryman or artilleryman.
1833 Re^. ff Instr. Cavalry i. 83 The valise being, .lightly
BtuScd with hay. 1851 Ord.^ ff Regul. R. E. xxvii. 124 The
Boxes of the Non-Commissioned Officers, and the Valisesof
the Men, to be placed under the foot of the Bedstead. 1877
Field Exerc. Infantry 410 The Officer Commanding a
piqtiet win decide if patrols are to wear Valises or not.
2. attrib, in valise dce^ equipment^ -lock, saddle^
strap t etc
185s BuRM Miiit. Did. if, s.v.. Valise or bagg&ge-straps.
1875 Knight Diet. Meek. 2688/1 Valise-lock, a small trunklock.
Ibid., A valise-saddle is placed on each oflf-horse of
an artillery-carriage. 1898 Allbutt's Sysi. Med, V. 853 The
modern valise equipment is less injurious to the young
soldier than the ola knapsack. 1898 Daily News 12 Dec.
9/2 The greatcoat straps will be passed downwards, through
the valise dees.
Valk, obs. Sc. form of Wake v.^ Walk v,
Valkin, -yne, obs. Sc. forms of Waken v,
Va'lkyr, abbreviated form of Valkyrie,
s8^x Cablyle Heroes L (1904) 31 Of the Valkyrs and the
Hall of Odin. Ibid.^ The Valkyrs are Choosers of the Slain.
Valkyrian, a. rare — ^ [f. next.] Of or
concerning the valkyries.
1847 Tennvson Princ, iv. 121 Ourself have often tried
Valkyrian hymns,
Valkyrie (vae-lkiri, vxlki'ri). Forms : a. 8-9
valkyria (//. -iur, 9 -iae), ^, 8-9 valkerie (9
-kery), 9- valkyrie. [a. ON, valkyrja (pi.
-kyrjur)^ f. val^r those slain in battle -^-kyrja
chooser, f. kur- (:—>6«2-), ablaut stem of kjSsa to
choose. Cf. OE, wm/cyrie (-^^, 'ige), 'kyrie Wal-
KTRIE.] In Scandinavian mythology, one or other
of the twelve war-maidens supposed to hover over
battlefields and to conduct the fallen warriors to
Valhalla.
o, 1768 Gray Fatal Sisters Note, The Valkyriur were
female Divinities, Servants of Odin (or Woden) in the Gothic
mythology. 1778 Mrs. Grant of Laccan Lett. Mount,
(1807) II. \x. ^5 The prophetic Valkyria may once more say
[etc.]. 1806 W. Herbert Set. Icef. Poetry i. 119 Two of
the Valkyrix or virgins of slaughter, a x8« Mrs. Hemans
Sword 0/ the Tomb Poems (1875) 339 Ihe £ar*renown'd
Whom the bright Valkyriur's warning voice Had call'd to
the banquet where gods rejoice.
^. X770 Percy tr. Mallet's Northern AtUiq. I. 102 There
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are other virgins in Valhall; .. they are called Valkeries.
Ibid. II. 99 These Goddesses are called Valkyries. 1784
Jerningham Rise Scand. Poetry Advt. p. iii, The Valkeries
are a female troop whom Odin sends to the field of
battle upon invisible steeds. i8oi M. G. Lewis Tales 0/
Wonder, Sword ofA r^gantyr xxxiii, Tis the Valkyries who
sing, While they spin thy vital thread, a 1843 Southev
Death o/Odin, No virgin goddess him shall call ; . . No Val.
kery for him prepare The smiling mead. i88i Do Chaillu
Land ofMidnight Sun 1 1. 420 Are you Scandinavian valkyries
who travel through the air ?
t ValL Ois.-^ [ad. L. va/l-is.'] A valley.
1611 Chapman /Had iv. 479 As from hils, raine waters
headlong fall, That all waies eate huge Ruts, which, met, in
one bed, fill a vail With such a confluence of streames.
Vail, southern dial. var. Fall v. ; obs. Sc. f.
Wall si., Waw si., Well si.
Vallal, southern dial. var. Fal-lal si.
tValla'llcy. Ois.-^ [prob. the surname Fa/lancej/.']
Used aitrii. to designate a form of wig.
1674 Dryden Epii. ojxningtfe^ House 8 Criticks in plume
and white valiancy Wig, Who lolling on our foremost
Benches sit.
Vallax (vse-laj), a. Roman Antiq. [ad. L.
valldr-is, f. vall-um or vall-us rampart. Cf. It.
vallare, Sp. valar, F. vallaire.l Ol a crown or
garland: Bestowed as a distinction on the first
soldier to mount the enemy's rampart. (Cf.
Moral a.i i b.)
154* Udaix Erasm. Apoph. 255 Augustus used to geve
golden trappour muche sooner . . then garlandes, vallares,
and muralles. 1600 H0LI.AND Ptiny II. 115 The Vallare
and Murall Chaplets bestowed upon brave knights and
valiant souldiers, who. .mounted the wals in the assault of
a citie. a i66o Contemp. Hist. Irel. (Ir. Archjeol. Soc.) II.
62 To whom shall be given now the ciuicke, murall, vallare,
and naualls garlands, that the Romaines were wont to
graunte theire respectiue conquerours? 1706 Phillips (ed.
Kersey) s.v., Vallar Crown. 1725 [see Garland sb. 3 c].
f i8ad Berry Encycl. Her. i. Gloss.
So Va'llary a. Also f VallaTlal a. Ois.
s6S8 Holme Armoury iv. iv. (Roxb.) 294/2 He beareth for
his crest, a Greyhounds head sable, out of a crowne Vallariall.
Or. 1777 PoRNV Heraldry (ed. 3) 207 The Vallary or
Castrense-Crown was of gold, formed like a circle with Pales
or Pallisadoes on the top of it. 1863 Burke Viciss. Families
Ser. HL 143 His famous attack on the. .Earl of Desmond, at
Kilmailock, where be won bis gold spurs, and bis vallary
crown.
Vallate (voe-l/t), a. rare~^. lad.L.va//dl-us,
pa. pple. of vallare to circumvallate.] Having a
raised outer edge.
1878 Ann. Nat. Hist. 5th Ser. II. 37 In its compressed
vallate character, proliferous growth, and marginal aper.
tures, it is identical with many of the siliceous sponges.
Va'llated, a. ran—^. [f. as prec. +-ED.]
Surrounded by or as by a wall.
1888 Science XII.^ 305 The favorite but not vallated
domain of literature is aesthetics in its true meaning.
Valla'tion. rare. [ad. late L. vallatio, f. L.
vallare (see Vallate a.), f. vallum rampart.] A
ridge, wall, or bank of earth thrown up as a defence
or protection ; an earthwork or fortification of this
nature.
1664 EvKLYM Sylva 112 Two hedges, with their Vallations
and Trenches, will be requisite in all the Round j viz. one
next to the Enclosure, the other about the thicket, to fence
it from Cattle. 1781 Warton Hist. Kiddington 70 The
vallation . . called Dyke-Hills, consisting of two ridges or
borders with an intermediate trench,, .is not Roman. 1799
R. Warner Walk (1800) 12 He may. .please his fancy with
discriminating between the vallations of the Celtic aborigenes,
and the huge mounds of their Saxon invaders.
t Va'llatory, a. Ois.—^ [f. L. vall-um rampart.]
Used or adapted for measuring a wall, etc.
a i68s Sir T. Browne Misc. Tractsi. (1683) 82 With such
differences of Reeds, Vallatory, Sagittary, Scriptory, and
others they might be furnished in Juda:a.
Valle, southern ME. variant of Falli".
(vsele-kitfla). PI. -lilsB. [Late L.
II Vallecula
vallecula, var. of L- vallicula, dim. of vallis, vallis
Valley si. Cf. F. valUcule.'\
1. Anat. A furrow, fissure, or fossa; spec. =
Valley si. 6.
1859 Todd's Cycl. Anat. V. 883 Valley, or vallecula, of
Haller. 1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 871/2 This lobe forms a welldefined
inferior vermiform process, which lies at the bottom
of a deep fossa or vallecula. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. IV.
782 The spaces between these fglosso-epiglottic] folds are
named the valleculx.
2- Bot. A groove or channel ; a sulcus or stria.
1856 Henslow Bot. Terms 211 Vallecula, a depressed
space (interstice) between the primary ' Ridges * on the fruit
of Umbelliferse.
Hence Talle'onlar a.
1875 Bennett & Dyer Sachs's Bot. yj(t The vallecular
canals, which correspond to the furrows, arise in the fundamental
tissue by separation.
t Vallentie. Ois.-^ [app. ad. med.L. valenlia
Valenxy.] Power, might.
1475 Bk. Noblesse (i860) 7 (There are] v. causes principalle
[for making war]: three of them bene of righle: and the
other tweyne of valiente.
Valler, obs. Sc. form of Waller.
t Va'Uet. Ois.-^ [Irreg. dimin. of Valley si.
Cf. Vall.] A small valley.
a 1647 Habincton Surv. Wore. (Worcs. Hist. Soc.) I. in.
450 In the myddest of thys vallet onalittell hylL.standetbe
the Churche with the Manner bouse.
VALLEY.
Vallew, obs, form of Value.
Valley (vse*li), sb, Fonns : a. 4-5 valeie (4
ualeie), 4-6 valei (5 Sc. walei, wale, vale), 4
valee;4-5 valeye (4ualeye), 4-7 valey (4waley);
4 valleie, 4, 6 Sc.y valle, 6 vallei, 6- valley; Sc,
and north. 4 valaye, 4-6 valay, 5 wala, wallay,
6 vallay. ^. 7 vally, vallie, pi. 6- vallies. [a,
OF. vaiee (AF. pi. valeys\ vallee (mod.F, valUe\
early OF, vallede, = Prov. vallada. It. vailaia, f.
L. vallis ^ valles', see Vale sb."]
1. A long depression or hollow lying between hills
or stretches of high ground and usually having a
river or stream flowing along its bottom.
In ordinary use a z'alley is distinguished from a vale by
having less width and a steeper slope on either side.
a. i»97 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 1277 po he com nei kaunterburi
In a valeie biside He sei t>e emperours ost, 13 . . Guy IVar^v,
3876 Smerteliche he dede him in J?e ways, Ouer Jjc dounes &
|)e valeys. c 1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 4796 For hiltes and
valeis sal turned be In-til playn, and made even to se, 1375
Barbour Bruce vn. 4 In-iill J^e wod soyn enterit he, And
held doun toward a vale, Quhar throu J>e vod a vattir ran,
£'1450 Merlin xiiL 195 He shewde hym the valey be the
wode side. 1490 Caxton Eneydos xv. 56 The reyne russhynge
doun from the mountaynes descended in to the valeyes.
1S3S CovERDALEZ,K^at Crist snal come into
be valey of Josaphath or [etc. J. 1535 Coverdale Ps. lix. 6,
I wil deuyde Sichem, & mete out the valley of Suchoth,
x6ii Bible Ps. Ixxxiv. 6 Who passing through the valley of
Baca, make it a well. 1667 Milton P, L, i. 40^ The pleasant
Vally of Hinnom. X7«6 Gordon///* Sept. 55 That eminent
Ground, which bounds the Valley of Kilsyth to the Southward.
1833 Lyell Princ, Geol. III. 30^ The valley of
Kingsclere, ..in Berkshire, is about five miles long and two
in breadth.
O, Without article.
c X470 Henry Wallace iv, 684 Thai maid To rype the
wood, bath wala, slonk, and slaid. 1667 Milton A L. ix.
116 Sweet interchange Of Hill and Vallie, Rivers, Woods
and Plaines. 1784 Cowper Task i. 322 A spacious map Of
hili and valley interpos'd between. 1859 Tennyson Marr.
Geraint 247 Out of town and valley came a noise. 1865
H. H. Dixon Field ^ Fern 233 Wood and valley backed up
by a Cheviot bill compose a pleasant landscape,
d. The extensive stretch of flattish country
drained or watered by one or other of the larger
river-systems of the world.
c 1790 Encycl, Brit. (ed. 3) VI. 393/2 In those early ages
..a certain people descended from the mountains near the
cataracts into the valley overflowed by the Nile. 1843
Penny Cycl. XXV. 472/1 Dividing the valley of the
Euphrates from the rivers which flow into the Black Sea.
1876 Eneyel.Brit. IV. 223/2 Surface 'drift' deposits.. occur
. . in the valley of the Amazon westward to . . Peru*
e. Geol, (See quot. 1839.)
i8« Lyell Princ, Geol. III. 305 Dr. Buckland on Valleys
of Elevation. 1839 G. Roberts Dict.^ GeoL.,^ Valleys of
elevation^ those which seem to have originated in a fracture
of the strata, and a movement of the fractured part upwards.
2. In figurative uses.
see Shadow sb, i b.
Valley 0/ the shadow {ofdeath) ;
138a Wvclip Isaiah xxii. i The charge of the valey of
viseoun. x^ix~a Hocclevb De Reg. Princ. 4444 The swete
venym of his tonge gydeth His lord vnto J>e valeie of dirknesse.
1436 Lvdg. De Guit, Pilgr. 17447, 1 was engendryd
fjTst in heUe;..in that Valey Infernal 1 was begete, 1781
CowpER Conversat, 636 Youth has a sprightliness and fire
toboast, That in the valley of decline are lost. i8aj Shelley
Triumph Life 397 If . .Thou comest from the realm without
a name Into this valley of perpetual dream. 185X Robertson
Serm. Ser. 11. i. (1864) 18 You must be content with the
quiet valleys of existence. 1881 J. Parker Apostolic Life
I. 78 Thou knowest how much we are in the valley, and
how often we pass through dark places.
b. Valley of tears : see Vale sb^ 3 b, ^ ^
[x38a Wyclif Ps. Ixxxiii. 6 In the valei of teris, in the
place that he sette.] a 1400 Prymer (1891) 51 To the we
syjen gronynge and wepynge in this ualeye of teeres, irx45o
tr, De Imitatione in. xxiii. 92 In |>is valey of teres Jjero