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n. [ Cf. Pg. cavalla a kind of fish; Sp. caballa; prob. fr. Pg. cavallo horse, Sp. caballa. ] (Zool.) A carangoid fish of the Atlantic coast (Caranx hippos): -- called also horse crevallé. [ See Illust. under Carangoid. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. circumvallatus, p. p. of circumvallare to surround with a wall; circum + vallare to wall, fr. vallum rampart. ] To surround with a rampart or wall. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Surrounded with a wall; inclosed with a rampart. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Surrounded by a ridge or elevation; as, the circumvallate papillæ, near the base of the tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mil.) (a) The act of surrounding with a wall or rampart. (b) A line of field works made around a besieged place and the besieging army, to protect the camp of the besiegers against the attack of an enemy from without. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. contra- + vallation: cf. F. contrevallation. Cf. Countervallation. ] (Fort.) A trench guarded with a parapet, constructed by besiegers, to secure themselves and check sallies of the besieged. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Convallaria + L. amarus bitter. ] (Chem.) A white, crystalline, poisonous substance, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from the lily of the valley (Convallaria Majalis). Its taste is first bitter, then sweet. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from L. convallis a valley; con- + vallis valley. ] (Bot. & Med.) The lily of the valley. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted.
Syn. -- family Convallariaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Chem.) A white, crystalline glucoside, of an irritating taste, extracted from the convallaria or lily of the valley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Fort.) See Contravallation. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Prob. of same origin as cavally. See Cavally. ] (Zool.) (a) The cavally or jurel. See Cavally, and Jurel. (b) The pompano (Trachynotus Carolinus). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any fern of the genus Davallia; they have scaly creeping rhizomes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Araiostegia; Davallia; Davallodes; Gymnogrammitis; Humata; Leucostegia; Scyphularia; Trogostolon.
Syn. -- family Davalliaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n.; pl. Intervallums L. Intervalla [ L. ] An interval. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And a' shall laugh without intervallums. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

In one of these intervalla. Chillingworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or } n. [ after the Duchesse de La Valliere, a mistress of Louis XI. RHUD. ] A neck ornament consisting of a chain and single jewelled pendant, or drop; also, the pendant itself. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

adv. In the manner of the Middle Ages; in accordance with mediaevalism. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an oval form. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ Cf. Sp. zaraquelles wide breeches or overalls. ] Trousers or overalls of thick cloth or leather, buttoned on the outside of each leg, and generally worn to protect other trousers when riding on horseback. [ Local, U.S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

interj., adv., or a. A word of unknown origin and signification, formerly used as expressive of contempt, or when anything said was rejected as trifling or impertinent. [ Written also tille-vally, tilly-fally, tille-fally, and otherwise. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Valance. ] A large wig that shades the face. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A vallar crown. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. vallaris. ] Of or pertaining to a rampart. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vallar crown (Rom. Antiq.), a circular gold crown with palisades, bestowed upon the soldier who first surmounted the rampart and broke into the enemy's camp. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Vallar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vallatio, fr. vallare to surround with a rampart, fr. vallum rampart. See Wall, n. ] A rampart or intrenchment. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a vallation; used for a vallation; as, vallatory reeds. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Valleculae [ NL., dim. fr. L. vallis, valles, a valley. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Anat.) A groove; a fossa; as, the vallecula, or fossa, which separates the hemispheres of the cerebellum. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) One of the grooves, or hollows, between the ribs of the fruit of umbelliferous plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ From Dr. Vallet of Paris. ] (Med.) Pills containing sulphate of iron and carbonate of sodium, mixed with saccharine matter; -- called also Vallet's mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Valleys [ OE. vale, valeie, OF. valée, valede, F. vallée, LL. vallata, L. vallis, valles. See Vale. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The valley of the shadow of death. Ps. xxiii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sweet interchange
Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Deep and narrow valleys with abrupt sides are usually the results of erosion by water, and are called gorges, ravines, canyons, gulches, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 reentrant angle. (b) The depression formed by the meeting of two slopes on a flat roof. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]