Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A valley, often coursed by a stream; a dale.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tract of low ground between hills; a valley: little used except in poetry. See
valley . - noun A little trough or canal: as, a pump-vale to carry off the water from a ship's pump.
- noun See
vail . - Farewell; adieu. Also used substantively.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See 2d
vail , 3. - noun A tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley.
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- noun
valley - interjection
farewell
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
Etymologies
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Examples
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But if he is wise he will, as Milton also did, make it up again, and get the most that he can from his stony-hearted stepmother before the time comes for him to bid her his _Vale vale et aeternum vale_.
Obiter Dicta Second Series Augustine Birrell 1891
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"Now to return to the youth in the corner: _Nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit_, Jemmy keep your money, or give it to the priest to keep, and it will be safest; but by no means let the Hyblean honey of the schoolmaster's blarney deprive you of it, otherwise it will be a _vale, vale, longum vale_ between you.
The Poor Scholar Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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Among them were a dozen stoic fighters from the New York Underground Combat League, the rules of which are summarized by the phrase "vale tudo," Portuguese for "anything goes."
NYT > Home Page By JED LIPINSKI 2011
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Among them were a dozen stoic fighters from the New York Underground Combat League, the rules of which are summarized by the phrase "vale tudo," Portuguese for "anything goes."
NYT > Home Page By JED LIPINSKI 2011
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Among them were a dozen stoic fighters from the New York Underground Combat League, the rules of which are summarized by the phrase "vale tudo," Portuguese for "anything goes."
NYT > Home Page By JED LIPINSKI 2011
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To add to the confusion, the word "vale" is used to mean a dozen things in Spain, including good, ok, yes, etc.
Vale 2006
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The poet in Keats informs his being a prose writer of genius, as when he delights in the word vale (which appears in the opening line of Hyperion):
Keats's Afterlife Ricks, Christopher 2009
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Hola, quote. .vale comes from the word valorIt's not worth much, It's cheap, That stock is valueless, etc.
Vale 2006
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Of a gentle shepherd maiden, dwelling in Italian vale,
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Ffrom Hungerford to Newbury in Barkshire 7 mile all very deep way, 15 mile thence to Reading in Barkshire flatt way, but ye vale is heavy sand for 3 or 4 mile.
Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888
Gammerstang commented on the word vale
(verb) - To make obeisance; to bow. This verb has perhaps been formed as primarily denoting the obeisance made by servants when they expect a vale, a gratuity from visitors. Samuel Johnson derives this from avail, profit, or Latin vale, farewell. Perhaps from French veiller, to watch, studiously attend. --John Jamieson's Etymological Scottish Dictionary, 1808
April 23, 2018