Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Vakeel

‖Va‐keel″ (?), n. [Ar. wakīl.] A native attorney or agent; also, an ambassador.

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Valance

Val″ance (?), n. [Perhaps fr. OF. avalant descending, hanging down, p. pr. of avaler to go down, let down, descend (cf. Avalanche); but probably from the town of Valence in Fran...

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Valance (2)

Val″ance, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Valanced (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Valancing (?).] To furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings or drapery.His old fringed chair valanced around w...

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Vale

Vale (vāl), n. [OE. val, F. val, L. vallis; perhaps akin to Gr. ἔλοσ low ground, marsh meadow. Cf. Avalanche, Vail to lower, Valley.] A tract of low ground, or of land between h...

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Vale (2)

Vale, n. See 2d Vail, 3.

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Valediction

Val′e‐dic″tion (?), n. [L., valedicere, valedictum, to say farewell; vale farewell (imperative of valere to be strong or well) + dicere to say. See Valiant, Diction.] A farewell...

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Valedictorian

Val′e‐dic‐to″ri‐an (?), n. One who pronounces a valedictory address; especially, in American colleges, the student who pronounces the valedictory of the graduating class at the ...

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Valedictory

Val′e‐dic″to‐ry (?), a. Bidding farewell; suitable or designed for an occasion of leave-taking; as, a valedictory oration.

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Valedictory (2)

Val′e‐dic″to‐ry, n.; pl.Valedictories (�). A valedictory oration or address spoken at commencement in American colleges or seminaries by one of the graduating class, usually by ...

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Valence

Va″lence (?), n. [From L. valens, -entis, p. pr. of valere to have power, to be strong. See Valiant.] (Chem.) The degree of combining power of an atom (or radical) as shown by t...

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Valencia

Va‐len″ci‐a (?), n. [Perhaps fr. Valence in France.] A kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of wool and the warp of silk or cotton. [Written also valentia.]

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Valenciennes lace

Va‐len′ci‐ennes″ lace″ (?). [F.; — so called after the town of Valenciennes.] A rich kind of lace made at Valenciennes, in France. Each piece is made throughout, ground and patt...

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Valency

Val″en‐cy (?), n.; pl.Valencies (�). (Chem.) (a) See Valence. (b) A unit of combining power; a so-called bond of affinity.

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Valentia

Va‐len″ti‐a (?), n. See Valencia.

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Valentine

Val″en‐tine (?), n. 1. A sweetheart chosen on St. Valentine's Day.2. A letter containing professions of love, or a missive of a sentimental, comic, or burlesque character, sent ...

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Valentinian

Val′en‐tin″i‐an (?), n.(Eccl. Hist.) One of a school of Judaizing Gnostics in the second century; — so called from Valentinus, the founder.

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Valeramide

Val′er‐am″ide (?), n. [Valeric + amide.] (Chem.) The acid amide derivative of valeric acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.

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Valerate

Val″er‐ate (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of valeric acid.

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Valerian

Va‐le″ri‐an (?), n. [LL. valeriana, perhaps from some person named Valerius, or fr. L. valere to be strong. powerful, on account of its medicinal virtues: cf. F. valériane.] (Bo...

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Valerianaceous

Va‐le′ri‐an‐a″ceous (?), a.(Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of a natural order (Valerianaceæ) of which the valerian is the type. The order includes also the corn ...

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Valerianate

Va‐le″ri‐an‐ate (?), n.(Chem.) A valerate.

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Valerianic

Va‐le′ri‐an″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, valerian root; specifically, designating an acid which is usually called valeric acid.

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Valeric

Va‐ler″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Valerianic; specifically, designating any one of three metameric acids, of which the typical one (called also inactive valeric acid), C4H9CO2H, is obtai...

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Valeridine

Va‐ler″i‐dine (?), n.(Chem.) A base, C10H19N, produced by heating valeric aldehyde with ammonia. It is probably related to the conine alkaloids.

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Valerin

Val″er‐in (?), n. [Valeric + glycerin.] (Chem.) A salt of valeric acid with glycerin, occurring in butter, dolphin oil, etc., and forming an oily liquid with a slightly unpleasa...

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Valeritrine

Va‐ler″i‐trine (?), n. [Valeric + tropine + -ine.] (Chem.) A base, C15H27N, produced together with valeridine, which it resembles.

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Valero-

Val″er‐o–. (Chem.) A combining form (also used adjectively) indicating derivation from, or relation to, valerian or some of its products, as valeric acid; as in valerolactone, a...