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Webster 1913 Edition
Vale
Vale
(vāl)
, Noun.
[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 hills; a valley.
“ Make me a cottage in the vale.” Tennyson.
Beyond this
vale
of tears there is a life above. Montgomery.
In those fair
vales
, by nature formed to please. Harte.
☞ Vale is more commonly used in poetry, and valley in prose and common discourse.
Syn. – Valley; dingle; dell; dale.
Webster 1828 Edition
Vale
VALE
,Noun.
1.
A tract of low ground or of land between hills; a valley. [Vale is used in poetry, and valley in prose and common discourse.]In those fair vales, by nature form'd to please.
2.
A little trough or canal; as a pump vale to carry off the water from a ship's pump.3.
Vales, money given to servants. [avails.] [Not used in America.]Definition 2024
valë
valë
Albanian
Noun
valë f
Derived terms
- valëvit
Etymology 2
From Proto-Albanian *uallā, from Proto-Indo-European *uel(H) (“hot, boiling”). Cognate to Old High German walo (“lukewarm”).
Adjective
valë m (feminine valëe)
Derived terms
- përvëloj