English Dictionary: valet | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Valet \Val"et\ (?; 277), n. [F. valet, OF. vallet, varlet, vaslet. See {Varlet}, and {Vassal}.] 1. A male waiting servant; a servant who attends on gentleman's person; a body servant. 2. (Man.) A kind of goad or stick with a point of iron. {[d8]Valet de chambre}[F.], a body servant, or personal attendant. | |
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Valid \Val"id\, a. [F. valide, F. validus strong, from valere to be strong. See {Valiant}.] 1. Strong; powerful; efficient. [Obs.] [bd]Perhaps more valid arms . . . may serve to better us.[b8] --Milton. 2. Having sufficient strength or force; founded in truth; capable of being justified, defended, or supported; not weak or defective; sound; good; efficacious; as, a valid argument; a valid objection. An answer that is open to no valid exception. --I. Taylor. 3. (Law) Having legal strength or force; executed with the proper formalities; incapable of being rightfully overthrown or set aside; as, a valid deed; a valid covenant; a valid instrument of any kind; a valid claim or title; a valid marriage. Syn: Prevalent; available; efficacious; just; good; weighty; sufficient; sound; well-grounded. | |
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Value \Val"ue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Valued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Valuing}.] 1. To estimate the value, or worth, of; to rate at a certain price; to appraise; to reckon with respect to number, power, importance, etc. The mind doth value every moment. --Bacon. The queen is valued thirty thousand strong. --Shak. The king must take it ill, That he's so slightly valued in his messenger. --Shak. Neither of them valued their promises according to rules of honor or integrity. --Clarendon. 2. To rate highly; to have in high esteem; to hold in respect and estimation; to appreciate; to prize; as, to value one for his works or his virtues. Which of the dukes he values most. --Shak. 3. To raise to estimation; to cause to have value, either real or apparent; to enhance in value. [Obs.] Some value themselves to their country by jealousies of the crown. --Sir W. Temple. 4. To be worth; to be equal to in value. [Obs.] The peace between the French and us not values The cost that did conclude it. --Shak. Syn: To compute; rate; appraise; esteem; respect; regard; estimate; prize; appreciate. | |
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Valued \Val"ued\, a. Highly regarded; esteemed; prized; as, a valued contributor; a valued friend. {Valued policy}. See under {Policy}. | |
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Vault \Vault\ (v[add]lt; see Note, below), n. [OE. voute, OF. voute, volte, F. vo[96]te, LL. volta, for voluta, volutio, fr. L. volvere, volutum, to roll, to turn about. See {Voluble}, and cf. {Vault} a leap, {Volt} a turn, {Volute}.] 1. (Arch.) An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy. The long-drawn aisle and fretted vault. --Gray. 2. An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, use for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell; a cellar. [bd]Charnel vaults.[b8] --Milton. The silent vaults of death. --Sandys. To banish rats that haunt our vault. --Swift. 3. The canopy of heaven; the sky. That heaven's vault should crack. --Shak. 4. [F. volte, It. volta, originally, a turn, and the same word as volta an arch. See the Etymology above.] A leap or bound. Specifically: (a) (Man.) The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet. (b) A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like. Note: The l in this word was formerly often suppressed in pronunciation. {Barrel}, {Cradle}, {Cylindrical}, [or] {Wagon}, {vault} (Arch.), a kind of vault having two parallel abutments, and the same section or profile at all points. It may be rampant, as over a staircase (see {Rampant vault}, under {Rampant}), or curved in plan, as around the apse of a church. {Coved vault}. (Arch.) See under 1st {Cove}, v. t. {Groined vault} (Arch.), a vault having groins, that is, one in which different cylindrical surfaces intersect one another, as distinguished from a barrel, or wagon, vault. {Rampant vault}. (Arch.) See under {Rampant}. {Ribbed vault} (Arch.), a vault differing from others in having solid ribs which bear the weight of the vaulted surface. True Gothic vaults are of this character. {Vault light}, a partly glazed plate inserted in a pavement or ceiling to admit light to a vault below. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vault \Vault\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vaulted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vaulting}.] [OE. vouten, OF. volter, vouter, F. vo[96]ter. See {Vault} an arch.] 1. To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, vault a roof; to vault a passage to a court. The shady arch that vaulted the broad green alley. --Sir W. Scott. 2. [See {Vault}, v. i.] To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence. I will vault credit, and affect high pleasures. --Webster (1623). | |
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Vault \Vault\, v. i. [Cf. OF. volter, F. voltiger, It. volt[?]re turn. See {Vault}, n., 4.] 1. To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring. Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself. --Shak. Leaning on his lance, he vaulted on a tree. --Dryden. Lucan vaulted upon Pegasus with all the heat and intrepidity of youth. --Addison. 2. To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble. | |
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Vault \Vault\ (v[add]lt; see Note, below), n. [OE. voute, OF. voute, volte, F. vo[96]te, LL. volta, for voluta, volutio, fr. L. volvere, volutum, to roll, to turn about. See {Voluble}, and cf. {Vault} a leap, {Volt} a turn, {Volute}.] 1. (Arch.) An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy. The long-drawn aisle and fretted vault. --Gray. 2. An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, use for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell; a cellar. [bd]Charnel vaults.[b8] --Milton. The silent vaults of death. --Sandys. To banish rats that haunt our vault. --Swift. 3. The canopy of heaven; the sky. That heaven's vault should crack. --Shak. 4. [F. volte, It. volta, originally, a turn, and the same word as volta an arch. See the Etymology above.] A leap or bound. Specifically: (a) (Man.) The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet. (b) A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like. Note: The l in this word was formerly often suppressed in pronunciation. {Barrel}, {Cradle}, {Cylindrical}, [or] {Wagon}, {vault} (Arch.), a kind of vault having two parallel abutments, and the same section or profile at all points. It may be rampant, as over a staircase (see {Rampant vault}, under {Rampant}), or curved in plan, as around the apse of a church. {Coved vault}. (Arch.) See under 1st {Cove}, v. t. {Groined vault} (Arch.), a vault having groins, that is, one in which different cylindrical surfaces intersect one another, as distinguished from a barrel, or wagon, vault. {Rampant vault}. (Arch.) See under {Rampant}. {Ribbed vault} (Arch.), a vault differing from others in having solid ribs which bear the weight of the vaulted surface. True Gothic vaults are of this character. {Vault light}, a partly glazed plate inserted in a pavement or ceiling to admit light to a vault below. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vault \Vault\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vaulted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vaulting}.] [OE. vouten, OF. volter, vouter, F. vo[96]ter. See {Vault} an arch.] 1. To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, vault a roof; to vault a passage to a court. The shady arch that vaulted the broad green alley. --Sir W. Scott. 2. [See {Vault}, v. i.] To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence. I will vault credit, and affect high pleasures. --Webster (1623). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vault \Vault\, v. i. [Cf. OF. volter, F. voltiger, It. volt[?]re turn. See {Vault}, n., 4.] 1. To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring. Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself. --Shak. Leaning on his lance, he vaulted on a tree. --Dryden. Lucan vaulted upon Pegasus with all the heat and intrepidity of youth. --Addison. 2. To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vault \Vault\ (v[add]lt; see Note, below), n. [OE. voute, OF. voute, volte, F. vo[96]te, LL. volta, for voluta, volutio, fr. L. volvere, volutum, to roll, to turn about. See {Voluble}, and cf. {Vault} a leap, {Volt} a turn, {Volute}.] 1. (Arch.) An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy. The long-drawn aisle and fretted vault. --Gray. 2. An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, use for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell; a cellar. [bd]Charnel vaults.[b8] --Milton. The silent vaults of death. --Sandys. To banish rats that haunt our vault. --Swift. 3. The canopy of heaven; the sky. That heaven's vault should crack. --Shak. 4. [F. volte, It. volta, originally, a turn, and the same word as volta an arch. See the Etymology above.] A leap or bound. Specifically: (a) (Man.) The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet. (b) A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like. Note: The l in this word was formerly often suppressed in pronunciation. {Barrel}, {Cradle}, {Cylindrical}, [or] {Wagon}, {vault} (Arch.), a kind of vault having two parallel abutments, and the same section or profile at all points. It may be rampant, as over a staircase (see {Rampant vault}, under {Rampant}), or curved in plan, as around the apse of a church. {Coved vault}. (Arch.) See under 1st {Cove}, v. t. {Groined vault} (Arch.), a vault having groins, that is, one in which different cylindrical surfaces intersect one another, as distinguished from a barrel, or wagon, vault. {Rampant vault}. (Arch.) See under {Rampant}. {Ribbed vault} (Arch.), a vault differing from others in having solid ribs which bear the weight of the vaulted surface. True Gothic vaults are of this character. {Vault light}, a partly glazed plate inserted in a pavement or ceiling to admit light to a vault below. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vault \Vault\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vaulted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vaulting}.] [OE. vouten, OF. volter, vouter, F. vo[96]ter. See {Vault} an arch.] 1. To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, vault a roof; to vault a passage to a court. The shady arch that vaulted the broad green alley. --Sir W. Scott. 2. [See {Vault}, v. i.] To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence. I will vault credit, and affect high pleasures. --Webster (1623). | |
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Vault \Vault\, v. i. [Cf. OF. volter, F. voltiger, It. volt[?]re turn. See {Vault}, n., 4.] 1. To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring. Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself. --Shak. Leaning on his lance, he vaulted on a tree. --Dryden. Lucan vaulted upon Pegasus with all the heat and intrepidity of youth. --Addison. 2. To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble. | |
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Vaulty \Vault"y\, a. Arched; concave. [Obs.] [bd]The vaulty heaven.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Veil \Veil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Veiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Veiling}.] [Cf. OF. veler, F. voiler, L. velarc. See {Veil}, n.] [Written also {vail}.] 1. To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil. Her face was veiled; yet to my fancied sight, Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shined. --Milton. 2. Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal. To keep your great pretenses veiled. --Shak. | |
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Veiled \Veiled\, a. Covered by, or as by, a veil; hidden. [bd]Words used to convey a veiled meaning.[b8] --Earle. | |
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Velate \Ve"late\, a. [L. velatus, p. p. of velare to veil. See {Veil}.] (Bot.) Having a veil; veiled. | |
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Velleity \Vel*le"i*ty\, n. [F. vell[82]it[82] (cf. It. velleit[85]), fr. L. velle to will, to be willing.] The lowest degree of desire; imperfect or incomplete volition. --Locke. | |
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Vellet \Vel"let\, n. Velvet. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Vial \Vi"al\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vialed}or {Vialled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vialing} or {Vialling}.] To put in a vial or vials. [bd]Precious vialed liquors.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Vial \Vi"al\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vialed}or {Vialled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vialing} or {Vialling}.] To put in a vial or vials. [bd]Precious vialed liquors.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Vilayet \Vi`la*yet"\, n. [Turk., from Ar. wil[be]yah.] One of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- formerly called eyalet. | |
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Eyalet \E`ya*let"\, n. [Turk., fr. Ar. iy[be]lah.] Formerly, one of the administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- now called a {vilayet}. | |
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Vilayet \Vi`la*yet"\, n. [Turk., from Ar. wil[be]yah.] One of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- formerly called eyalet. | |
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Eyalet \E`ya*let"\, n. [Turk., fr. Ar. iy[be]lah.] Formerly, one of the administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- now called a {vilayet}. | |
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Vild \Vild\, a. [As if the p. p. of a verb to vile. See {Vile}, a.] Vile. [Obs.] [bd]That vild race.[b8] --Spenser. -- {Vild"ly}, adv. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Viled \Viled\, a. [See {Vild}.] Abusive; scurrilous; defamatory; vile. [Obs.] [bd]Viled speeches.[b8] --Hayward. | |
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Vility \Vil"i*ty\, n. [L. vilitas: cf. F. vilet[82], vilit[82], OF. vilt[82].] Vileness; baseness. [Obs.] --Kennet. | |
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Violate \Vi"o*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Violates}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Violating}.] [L. violatus, p. p. of violare to violate, fr. vis strength, force. See {Violent}.] 1. To treat in a violent manner; to abuse. His wife Boadicea violated with stripes, his daughters with rape. --Milton. 2. To do violence to, as to anything that should be held sacred or respected; to profane; to desecrate; to break forcibly; to trench upon; to infringe. Violated vows 'Twixt the souls of friend and friend. --Shak. Oft have they violated The temple, oft the law, with foul affronts. --Milton. 3. To disturb; to interrupt. [bd]Employed, it seems, to violate sleep.[b8] --Milton. 4. To commit rape on; to ravish; to outrage. Syn: To injure; disturb; interrupt; infringe; transgress; profane; deflour; debauch; dishonor. | |
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Violet \Vi"o*let\, n. [F. violette a violet (cf. violet violet-colored), dim. of OF. viole a violet, L. viola; akin to Gr. [?]. Cf. {Iodine}.] 1. (Bot.) Any plant or flower of the genus {Viola}, of many species. The violets are generally low, herbaceous plants, and the flowers of many of the species are blue, while others are white or yellow, or of several colors, as the pansy ({Viola tricolor}). Note: The cultivated sweet violet is {Viola odorata} of Europe. The common blue violet of the eastern United States is {V. cucullata}; the sand, or bird-foot, violet is {V. pedata}. 2. The color of a violet, or that part of the spectrum farthest from red. It is the most refrangible part of the spectrum. 3. In art, a color produced by a combination of red and blue in equal proportions; a bluish purple color. --Mollett. 4. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to {Lyc[91]na}, or {Rusticus}, and allied genera. | |
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Violet \Vi"o*let\, a. [Cf. F. violet. See {Violet}, n.] Dark blue, inclining to red; bluish purple; having a color produced by red and blue combined. {Violet shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Ianthina; -- called also {violet snail}. See {Ianthina}. {Violet wood}, a name given to several kinds of hard purplish or reddish woods, as king wood, myall wood, and the wood of the {Andira violacea}, a tree of Guiana. | |
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Volley \Vol"ley\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Volleyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Volleying}.] To discharge with, or as with, a volley. | |
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Volleyed \Vol"leyed\, a. Discharged with a sudden burst, or as if in a volley; as, volleyed thunder. | |
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Volt \Volt\, n. [After Alessandro Volta, the Italian electrician.] (Elec.) The unit of electro-motive force; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by United States Statute as, that electro-motive force which steadily applied to a conductor whose resistance is one ohm will produce a current of one amp[8a]re. It is practically equivalent to [frac1000x1434] the electro-motive force of a standard Clark's cell at a temperature of 15[deg] C. | |
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Volt \Volt\, n. [F. volte; cf. It. volta. See {Vault}.] 1. (Man.) A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways round a center makes two concentric tracks. 2. (Fencing) A sudden movement to avoid a thrust. | |
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d8Volta \[d8]Vol"ta\, n.; pl. {Volte}. [It. volta a turn, turning, a time. See {Volt} a tread.] (Mus.) A turning; a time; -- chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated one, two, or more times; as, una volta, once. Seconda volta, second time, points to certain modifications in the close of a repeated strain. | |
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Voluta \Vo*lu"ta\, n.; pl. E. {Volutas}, L. {Volut[91]}. [L., a spiral scroll. See {Volute}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of large, handsome marine gastropods belonging to {Voluta} and allied genera. | |
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Voluta \Vo*lu"ta\, n.; pl. E. {Volutas}, L. {Volut[91]}. [L., a spiral scroll. See {Volute}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of large, handsome marine gastropods belonging to {Voluta} and allied genera. | |
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Volute \Vo*lute"\, n. [F. volute (cf. It. voluta), L. voluta, from volvere, volutum, to roll. See {Voluble}.] 1. (Arch.) A spiral scroll which forms the chief feature of the Ionic capital, and which, on a much smaller scale, is a feature in the Corinthian and Composite capitals. See Illust. of {Capital}, also {Helix}, and {Stale}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A spiral turn, as in certain shells. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any voluta. {Volute spiring}, a spring formed of a spiral scroll of plate, rod, or wire, extended or extensible in the direction of the axis of the coil, in which direction its elastic force is exerted and employed. | |
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Voweled \Vow"eled\, a. Furnished with vowels. [Written also {vowelled}.] --Dryden. | |
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Voweled \Vow"eled\, a. Furnished with vowels. [Written also {vowelled}.] --Dryden. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Vailoatai, AS (village, FIPS 87300) Location: 14.38513 S, 170.78298 W Population (1990): 805 (113 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 10.3 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Valatie, NY (village, FIPS 76617) Location: 42.41476 N, 73.67666 W Population (1990): 1487 (509 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 12184 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Valley Head, AL (town, FIPS 78240) Location: 34.55080 N, 85.62582 W Population (1990): 577 (232 housing units) Area: 7.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35989 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Violet, LA (CDP, FIPS 78855) Location: 29.89619 N, 89.89254 W Population (1990): 8574 (2868 housing units) Area: 10.5 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 70092 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Valid A {dataflow} language. ["A List-Processing-Oriented Data Flow Machine Architecture", Makoto Amamiya et al, AFIPS NCC, June 1982, pp. 143-151]. (1995-02-14) |