Chapter Valerianate to Value of V by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Valley
(Val"ley) n.; pl. Valleys [OE. vale, valeie, OF. valée, valede, F. vallée, LL. vallata, L. vallis, valles. See Vale.]

1. The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or both sides of the stream. Also used figuratively.

The valley of the shadow of death.

Ps. xxiii. 4.

Sweet interchange
Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains.

Milton.

Deep and narrow valleys with abrupt sides are usually the results of erosion by water, and are called gorges, ravines, cañons, gulches, etc.

2. (Arch.) (a) The place of meeting of two slopes of a roof, which have their plates running in different directions, and form on the plan a reëntrant angle. (b) The depression formed by the meeting of two slopes on a flat roof.

Valley board (Arch.), a board for the reception of the lead gutter in the valley of a roof. The valley board and lead gutter are not usual in the United States. — Valley rafter, or Valley piece (Arch.), the rafter which supports the valley. — Valley roof (Arch.), a roof having one or more valleys. See Valley, 2, above.

Vallum
(||Val"lum) n.; pl. L. Valla E. Vallums [L. See Wall.] (Rom. Antiq.) A rampart; a wall, as in a fortification.

Valonia
(Va*lo"ni*a) n. [It. vallonia, vallonea, fr. NGr. balania`, balanidia`, the holm oak, bala`ni, balani`di, an acorn, Gr. ba`lanos.]

1. The acorn cup of two kinds of oak (Quercus macrolepis, and Q. vallonea) found in Eastern Europe. It contains abundance of tannin, and is much used by tanners and dyers.

2. [Perhaps named from its resemblance to an acorn.] (Bot.) A genus of marine green algæ, in which the whole frond consists of a single oval or cylindrical cell, often an inch in length.

Valor
(Val"or) n. [OE. valour, OF. valor, valur, valour, F. valeur, LL. valor, fr. L. valere to be strong, or worth. See Valiant.] [Written also valour.]

1. Value; worth. [Obs.] "The valor of a penny." Sir T. More.

2. Strength of mind in regard to danger; that quality which enables a man to encounter danger with firmness; personal bravery; courage; prowess; intrepidity.

For contemplation he and valor formed.

Milton.

When valor preys on reason,
It eats the sword it fights with.

Shak.

Fear to do base, unworthy things is valor.

B. Jonson.

3. A brave man; a man of valor. [R.] Ld. Lytton.

Syn. — Courage; heroism; bravery; gallantry; boldness; fearlessness. See Courage, and Heroism.

Valorous
(Val"or*ous) a. [Cf. F. valeureux, LL. valorosus.] Possessing or exhibiting valor; brave; courageous; valiant; intrepid. — Val"or*ous*ly, adv.

Valsalvian
(Val*sal"vi*an) a. Of or pertaining to Valsalva, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century.