vale

vale
Vail Vail, v. i. To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding, uncovering, or the like. [Written also {vale}, and {veil}.] [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Thy convenience must vail to thy neighbor's necessity. --South. [1913 Webster]


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  • Vale — Vale, n. [OE. val, F. val, L. vallis; perhaps akin to Gr. ? 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. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Vale — Vale, OR U.S. city in Oregon Population (2000): 1976 Housing Units (2000): 724 Land area (2000): 1.082773 sq. miles (2.804369 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.082773 sq. miles (2.804369 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Vale, OR — U.S. city in Oregon Population (2000): 1976 Housing Units (2000): 724 Land area (2000): 1.082773 sq. miles (2.804369 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.082773 sq. miles (2.804369 sq. km) FIPS code …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • vale — (n.) river land between two ranges of hills, c.1300, from O.Fr. val valley, from L. vallem (nom. vallis, valles) valley. Vale of years old age is from Othello. Vale of tears this world as a place of trouble is attested from 1550s …   Etymology dictionary

  • vale — ► NOUN chiefly literary ▪ a valley. ● vale of tears Cf. ↑vale of tears ORIGIN Latin vallis …   English terms dictionary

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