English Dictionary: voller Schrecken | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Valeric \Va*ler"ic\, a. (Chem.) Valerianic; specifically, designating any one of three metameric acids, of which the typical one (called also {inactive valeric acid}), {C4H9CO2H}, is obtained from valerian root and other sources, as a corrosive, mobile, oily liquid, having a strong acid taste, and an odor of old cheese. {Active valeric acid}, a metameric variety which turns the plane of polarization to the right, although formed by the oxidation of a levorotatory amyl alcohol. | |
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Vallar \Val"lar\, a. [L. vallaris.] Of or pertaining to a rampart. {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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Valorization \Val`or*i*za"tion\, n. [Pg. valorizac[atil]o.] Act or process of attempting to give an arbitrary market value or price to a commodity by governmental interference, as by maintaining a purchasing fund, making loans to producers to enable them to hold their products, etc.; -- used chiefly of such action by Brazil. | |
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Valorous \Val"or*ous\, a. [Cf. F. valeureux, LL. valorosus.] Possessing or exhibiting valor; brave; courageous; valiant; intrepid. -- {Val"or*ous*ly}, adv. | |
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Valorous \Val"or*ous\, a. [Cf. F. valeureux, LL. valorosus.] Possessing or exhibiting valor; brave; courageous; valiant; intrepid. -- {Val"or*ous*ly}, adv. | |
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Ye are all physicians of no value. --Job xiii. 4. Ye are of more value than many sparrows. --Matt. x. 31. C[91]sar is well acquainted with your virtue, And therefore sets this value on your life. --Addison. Before events shall have decided on the value of the measures. --Marshall. 2. (Trade & Polit. Econ.) Worth estimated by any standard of purchasing power, especially by the market price, or the amount of money agreed upon as an equivalent to the utility and cost of anything. An article may be possessed of the highest degree of utility, or power to minister to our wants and enjoyments, and may be universally made use of, without possessing exchangeable value. --M'Culloch. Value is the power to command commodities generally. --A. L. Chapin (Johnson's Cys.). Value is the generic term which expresses power in exchange. --F. A. Walker. His design was not to pay him the value of his pictures, because they were above any price. --Dryden. Note: In political economy, value is often distinguished as intrinsic and exchangeable. Intrinsic value is the same as utility or adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants of men. Exchangeable value is that in an article or product which disposes individuals to give for it some quantity of labor, or some other article or product obtainable by labor; as, pure air has an intrinsic value, but generally not an exchangeable value. 3. Precise signification; import; as, the value of a word; the value of a legal instrument --Mitford. 4. Esteem; regard. --Dryden. My relation to the person was so near, and my value for him so great --Bp. Burnet. 5. (Mus.) The relative length or duration of a tone or note, answering to quantity in prosody; thus, a quarter note [[?]] has the value of two eighth notes [[?]]. 6. In an artistical composition, the character of any one part in its relation to other parts and to the whole; -- often used in the plural; as, the values are well given, or well maintained. 7. Valor. [Written also {valew}.] [Obs.] --Spenser. {Value received}, a phrase usually employed in a bill of exchange or a promissory note, to denote that a consideration has been given for it. --Bouvier. | |
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Velours \Ve*lours"\, n. [F. See {Velure}.] One of many textile fabrics having a pile like that of velvet. | |
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Violuric \Vi`o*lu"ric\, a. [Violet + barbituric.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitroso derivative of barbituric acid. It is obtained as a white or yellow crystalline substance, and forms characteristic yellow, blue, and violet salts. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Valrico, FL Zip code(s): 33594 | |
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Villa Rica, GA (city, FIPS 79528) Location: 33.73293 N, 84.92287 W Population (1990): 6542 (2503 housing units) Area: 50.0 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30180 |