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A tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley.
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A farewell; a bidding farewell.
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One who pronounces a valedictory address; especially, in American colleges, the student who pronounces the valedictory of the graduating class at the annual commencement, usually the student who ranks first in scholarship.
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Bidding farewell; suitable or designed for an occasion of leave-taking; as, a valedictory oration.
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A valedictory oration or address spoken at commencement in American colleges or seminaries by one of the graduating class, usually by the leading scholar.
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The degree of combining power of an atom (or radical) as shown by the number of atoms of hydrogen (or of other monads, as chlorine, sodium, etc.) with which it will combine, or for which it can be substituted, or with which it can be compared; thus, an atom of hydrogen is a monad, and has a valence of one; the atoms of oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon are respectively dyads, triads, and tetrads, and have a valence respectively of two, three, and four.
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A kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of wool and the warp of silk or cotton.
A rich kind of lace made at Valenciennes, in France. Each piece is made throughout, ground and pattern, by the same person and with the same thread, the pattern being worked in the net.
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A unit of combining power; a so-called bond of affinity.
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A sweetheart chosen on St. Valentine's Day.
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A letter containing professions of love, or a missive of a sentimental, comic, or burlesque character, sent on St. Valentine's Day.
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One of a school of Judaizing Gnostics in the second century; -- so called from Valentinus, the founder.
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The acid amide derivative of valeric acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.
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A salt of valeric acid.
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Any plant of the genus Valeriana. The root of the officinal valerian (V. officinalis) has a strong smell, and is much used in medicine as an antispasmodic.