Valhalla 
sliiuf, near Kiitisbnn, ;IIM! ennseiTiileil to re 
IIOWIII'i) (Ici'lllilllS. 
Tin- true Valhalla i,t M.-diMiTlly. 
Loicfll, stinly Windows, ] Mi 
valiance (viil'yans), u. [< OK. mill<nn-<, mi- 
ll iit-i'. ['. niiUiin'i'-i IV. ml, >i*ii, nilriitiu = Sp. 
mlinlin = I'tf. rnleiitid = It. riilcn:n, mini in. 
< L. rnli'Hliii, strength, < riilf>i(t-).t. strong: gee 
mliitiit. ( T. mlinn-i', mliin'i^, mlrncc^.~\ Val- 
iant eliiinirler; ln-.-ivrry ; valor. [Obsolete or 
rare.] 
OIK- of more resolute valianc* 
Treads not, I think, ii|K>n thu Undi-h ground. 
Greene, George-a-Ureeue. 
This knightly nt!i<in>:' . . . which fellows him rather 
with Milton. The Century, XXVII. 820. 
valiancy (val'yan-si), w. [As valiant (see -cy).] 
Same ,-is i- nl i n n ri-. 
\lin for their valiancif greatly renowmeil. 
llalcluyt's Voyages, II. S3. 
valiant (val'yant), a. and w. [< ME. riilinnl, 
rith/inil, riilliant, vailauiit, < OF. (and F.) vail- 
lant, valant = Sp. ralicnte = Pg. It. nilniti; < \,. 
nili'n(t-)s, ppr. of ralere, be strong, be worth. 
Cf. Lath, tvata, strength, Skt. bain, strength. 
From the same \i. verb are nit. mliiinn', rulnin-r, 
valence 1 , rulence?, valency, cnfeS, raledietioi/ . rul- 
etudinary, valid, invalid, valor, value, aruil 1 . 
OWntcrvail, nrerail, rnumli-sci', i-i/iiimlent, preva- 
lent, etc.] I. a. If. Strong; vigorous in body; 
sturdy ; also, strong or powerful in a more gen- 
eral sense. 
You shall have special regard that all sturdy vagabonds 
and valiant beggars may be punished according to the 
statute. Quoted in Sir T. Elyot's Governour, II. 7, note. 
The scent thereof [garlic] is somewhat valiant. 
Fuller, Worthies, Cornwall, I. 206. 
2f. Of a certain worth or value. Compare 
strong 1 . 
A rich country widow, four hundred a-year valiant, in 
woods, In bullocks, in barns, and in rye-stacks. 
MiMleton, Trick to Catch the Old One, 1. 1. 
3. Brave; courageous; intrepid in danger; 
puissant. 
And lepe to horse many a railntint knyght and sqnyer 
of pris, and serched and sought thourgh many contrees, 
but all was for nought. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), Hi. 428. 
Be thou i;tliii<ti for me, and fight the Lord's battles. 
1 Sara, xvlii. 17. 
He Is not valiant that dares die. 
But he that boldly bears calamity. 
Ma&ringer, Maid of Ilonour, iv. 3. 
4. Perf ormed with valor ; bravely conducted ; 
heroic: as, a valiant action or achievement; a 
valiant combat. 
Thou hearest 
The highest name for valiant acts. 
MMon, S. A., 1. 1101. 
Hence 6f. Brave; splendid. 
A ualiant huff doublet stuffed with points. 
Middleton, Black Book. 
6. Of or pertaining to a bravo or valiant man 
or valiant men. 
The vesere, the aventaile, his vcsturis ryche, 
With the volt/ant hlode was verrede alle over ! 
Morte Arthnre (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2573. 
= Syn. 3 and 4. Gallant, Courageous, etc. (see brave), val- 
orous, daring, dauntless, stout. 
II. t " A valiant person. 
Four battles, . . . wherein four valiant* of David slay 
four giants. Heading to 2 Sam. xxi. 
valiantiset, . [ME., also vaillauntise, < OF. 
riiillniili.tr, < ruilliiiit, valiant: see valiant.'] 
Valor. 
valiantly (val'yant-li), adv. In a valiant man- 
ner; stoutly; courageously; bravely; heroi- 
cally. 
valiantness (val'yant-nes), n. The state or 
character of being valiant; valor; bravery; 
courage; intrepidity in danger. 
Thy valiantness was mine, thou suck'dst it from me. 
Shalt., Cor., ill. 2. 129. 
valid (val'id), a. [Early mod. E. ralidc, < OF. 
(and F.) ralide = Sp. viilido = Pg. It. ralido, < 
L. raliduf/, strong, < valere, be strong : see val- 
iant.] 1. Strong; powerful; efficient. [Obso- 
lete or rare.] 
Perhaps more valid arms, 
Weapons more violent, when next we meet, 
May serve to better us. Milton, P. L., vi. 488. 
With . . . the hugely clustered architecture of the Vat- 
ican rising from them, as from a terrace, they [the walls of 
Rome] seem indeed the valid bulwark of an ecclesiastical 
city. H. James, Jr., Trans. Sketches, p. 145. 
2. Sufficiently supported by fact; well-ground- 
ed; sound; just; good; capable of being justi- 
fied or defended ; not weak or defective : as, a 
ruliil reason; a ralid objection. 
420 
6689 
I perceived, when the said Italian was to receive an ex- 
tniordiiiury m ,-;it KIMM for the Spanish ambassador's use, 
UK- wh'.li- f:ici- .,r attaint was presently changed, Inxommli 
that iiritln-r my iv;i*nus, nor the uuil>:ii>sador'Bahove-men- 
hi.li"! ton P>d -'TUT, fiiuld pn-\:lll. 
Lord II. ' r i ni I'/,, rimni (i-d. Ifowells), p. ISfi. 
When one's Proofs are aptly chosen, 
Knur are at valid a* (our Down. I'rvir, Alma, I. 
3. Good or sufficient in point of law ; effica- 
cious; executed with the proper formalities; 
incapable of being rightfully overthrown or set 
aside; sustainable an<l efteetive in law, as 
distinguished from that which exists or took 
place in fact or appearance, but has not the 
requisites to entitle it to be recognized and en- 
forced by law : as, a valid deed ; a r alid cove- 
nant; a ralid instrument of any kind; a valid 
claim or title ; a ralid marriage ; a ralid or- 
dination. 4. In :ool. and hot., having suf- 
ficient classificatory strength or force; scien- 
tifically founded or well-grounded; securely 
established: as, a ralid family, genus, or spe- 
cies; a valid classification. 6. In logic, hav- 
ing, as an argument, that degree of formal 
strength and truth that it professes to have. 
6. In rlii-m., having valence : chiefly used in 
composition, as in uniralid for univalent, etc. 
= Syn. 2. .Solid, weighty, sufficient, 
validate (vul'i-dat), r. t. ; pret. and pp. ru/i- 
ilulril, ppr. validating. [< ML. mliil/itns, pp. 
of valiaare (> It. validare = Sp. Pg. ralidar 
= F. valider), make strong, make valid, < L. 
validus, strong, valid: see valid.] 1. To make 
valid ; confirm ; give legal force to. 
The right remaining 
For Philip to succeed in course of years, 
If years should validate the acknowledged claim 
Of birthright. Southey. 
2. To test the validity of. 
The assembly occupied itself with the work of validat- 
ing the votes. The Scotsman. 
validation (val-i-da'shon), M. [< F. validation 
= Sp. validation, < ML. 'ralidatio(n-), < vali- 
dare, validate : see validate.] The act of giv- 
ing validity ; a strengthening, inforcement, 
or confirming; an establishing or ratifying. 
Blount, Glossographia (1670). 
validirostral (val'i-di-ros'tral), o. [< L. tali- 
dus, strong, + rostrum, beak: see rostral.] 
Having a stout beak or strong bill. See cut 
under Naltator. 
validity (va-lid'i-ti), H.; pi. validities (-tiz). [< 
F. validite = 8rj.validad = Pg. ralidade = It. ra- 
lidita, < LL. ralidita(t-)s, strength of body, ML. 
also validness, < L. validus, strong: see valid,] 
1. Strength or power in general. 
Purpose Is but the slave to memory, 
Of violent birth, but poor validity. 
Shale., Hamlet, ill. 2. 199. 
With his [the lunatic's] cure from disease and the re- 
stored validity of this condition [of sensitive conscience], 
responsibility returns. W. K. Clifford, Lectures, II. 119. 
2. The state or character of being valid, spe- 
cifically (a) Strength or force from being supported by 
fact; justness; soundness; efficacy: as, the validity of an 
argument or a proof ; the validity of an objection. 
The question raised Is that of the comparative validities 
of beliefs reached through complex intellectual processes 
and beliefs reached through simple intellectual processes. 
B. Spencer, Prin. of Psycho!., ; 391. 
It is proved that the objective mliiliiii of mathematics 
presupposes that time and space are the forms of sense. 
E. Caird, Phllos. of Kant, p. 242. 
(K) Legal efficacy or force ; sufficiency in point of law. 
The validity of these new charters must turn upon the 
acceptance of them. D. Webster, Speech, March 10, 1818. 
(c) Scientific strength or force : as, the validity of a genus. 
3f. Value. 
Nought enters there, 
Of what i-iili'litii and pitch soe'er, 
But falls into abatement and low price. 
Shot., T. N., L 1. 12. 
Objective validity. See objective. Particular Ta- 
lldity, validity for certain minds only. Subjective va- 
lidity, truth to sensibility, as the truth of the proposi- 
tion "sugar Is sweet" Universal validity, validity 
for all minds. 
validlv (val'id-li), adv. In a valid manner; so 
as to be valid. 
validness (val'id-nes), n. The character of be- 
ing valid ; validity. 
valise (va-leV), w. [Also rallise, earlier rallies, 
Sc. also tcalise, wallees; < F. valise, OF. valise, 
also varise, F. dial, railise (> MHG. velis, Q. 
felleisen = D. ralies) = Sp. balija = It. raliflin 
(Florio), ML. reflex valisia, a valise ; origin un- 
known.] 1. A receptacle for travelers' use for 
clothes and articles of toilet. The name Is gener- 
ally given to a leather case of moderate size, opening wide 
on a hinge or like a portfolio, as distinguished from a bag 
on the one hand anil a portmanteau on the othtT. 
My valie is empty ; and, to some ears, an empty valise 
is louder and more discordant than a bagpipe. 
r, Imag. Conv., l.ucian and Timothcus. 
valley 
2. Miltl.. H I'vliinlrii-iil iinrtiiiHiiti-au of I. 
about I>S inriirs lung. JiliK'l'll nil till' Silililll' ot 
each nfT horse nf an nrtilliTv-rMrri;iir'', :ind Con- 
taining the Htnall'T iirtii-lcs of tin- driver's per- 
sonal equipment. 
valise-saddle (va-leVsad'l), w. A form of s:ui 
die iit-eil I'm- eiirh ulT horse of ;iu !irtiller\-e:ir 
riuge. It serves to carry the valise of the driver, and also 
affords a seat for a rider, In cue of nerd. K. II. Knight. 
Valkyr (val'kir), n. fAlsora/A-yr( (also imll:iir, 
irtilkyria) ; < Icel. i-alkurja (= AS. tcielcyrie = O. 
inill.-iiii. ;ifler leel.), lit. ' chooser of the slain,' 
< ralr, the slain, + 'kyria, < k-ji'mn, choose, = E. 
change.] In Xante myth., one of the company 
of handmaidens of Odin, usually said to num- 
ber nine, though the number varies. They serve 
at the banquet* in Valhalla, but arc t~-st known as " the 
choosers of the slain," being sent forth liy <Min t<> every 
battle. They ride through the air and with tbelr spean 
designate the heroes whu shall fall, whom tiny afterward 
conduct to Valhalla. In the Norse versions of the Nlbe- 
lungrii Lied, Brunhild, the daughter of Odin, appears a* a 
valkyr, as also In Wagner's music-drama " Die WalkUre." 
See swan-maiden. 
valkyria (val kir'i-S), n. Same as rM..yi'. 
valkyrian (val-kir'1-an), a. [Also tcallcyriaii , 
< talkyria + -an."] Of or relating to the valkyra. 
Ourself have often tried 
Valkyrian hymns. Tennyson, Princess, Iv. 
valla, a. Plural of vallum. 
vallancyt (val'an-si), n. [Cf. valance (f).] A 
kind of peruke" worn in the seventeenth cen- 
tury. 
Critics in plume and white valiancy wig. 
Dryden, Epll. at Openuig of New House (Theater Royal), 
vallar (val'ar), a. and B. [< L. vallaris, < val- 
lum, a mound, rampart, < nillux, a stake, pali- 
sade : see imll\.\ X. a. Pertaining to a rampart 
or palisade.- vallar crown, vallar garland, In her.. 
a bearing supposed to represent the Roman corona cas- 
trensls, and represented as of gold with pointed uprights 
as if Intended to represent the tops of stakes or pali- 
sades. 
II. n. A vallar crown. 
Garlandes, vallares, and rauralles whiche (as toiichyng 
honour) were farre aboue the other thynges. 
1'ilnll, tr. of Apophthegms of Erasmus, p. 284. 
vallary (val'a-ri), a. Same as vallar. 
vallate (val'at), a. [< L. rallatus, pp. of val- 
lare, surround with a rampart, < vallum, a ram- 
part, wall.] 1. In anat., surrounded with a 
walled depression : circumvallate. [Bare.] 
2. In zool., cupped; cup-shaped. [Rare.] 
The sponge Is goblet-shaped In general form, and not 
simply vallate, like T. prolifera. 
Miens. Science, N. S., XXXII. 3. 
vallated (val'a-ted), n. [<vallate + -ed?.] Sur- 
rounded with or as with a rampart. [Bare.] 
The favorite hut not vallated domain of literature is 
aesthetics in its true meaning. Science, XII. 3Of>. 
vallationt ( va-la'shon), n. [< LL. rallatio(n-), 
a rampart or intrenchment, < L. vallare, sur- 
round with a rampart : see vallate.'] A rampart 
or intrenchment. T. Warton, Hist. Kiddington, 
p. 70. 
vallatoryt (val'a-to-ri), a. [< vallate + -ory.] 
Pertaining to a rampart or vallum. 
Mention is made In Erekiel of "a measuring reed of six 
cubits"; . . . and with such differences of reeds, rnlfn- 
tory, sagittary, scriptory, and others, they might be fur- 
nished in .Iiidca. Sir T. Browne, Misc., L I 47. 
vallecula (va-lek'u-lft), n. ; pi. valleeiilir (-le). 
[LL., also rallicula, dim. of rallis, ralies, vale: 
see vale 1 .] 1. In anat., a depression or furrow. 
2. In hot. , a groove or furrow, as on the stems 
of Equisetum or between the ribs of an umbel- 
liferous fruit ; a stria.- vallecula cerebelli (valley 
of the cerebellum), a depression on the under surface of 
the cerebellum, in which lies the medulla ohlongata. See 
cut under brain. Vallecula Sylvll, the depression at 
the beginning of the fissure of Sylvius, tne bottom of which 
is formed hy the anterior perforated space. See cut under 
cerebral. Vallecula unguls, the recess, formed by a du- 
plication of the skin, in which the root of a nail lies. 
vallecular (va-lek'u-lar), o. [< valleeula + 
-r 3 .] Of or pertaining to a vallecula or 
groove. Also vallicular. Vallecular canal, in 
but., in Equisetacetf, an intercellular canal lying within 
the cortical parenchyma, opposite a groove on the sur- 
face of the stem. 
valleculate (va-lek'u-lat), a. [< ralleciila + 
-ate 1 .] Having a vaflecula or vallecuhB. Also 
ralliculate. 
Valleil's points. Tender spots found by pres- 
sure along the course of a nerve in certain 
cases of neuralgia. 
Vallet's pills. Pills of carbonate of iron. 
valley (val'i), . [Early mod. E. also rallir; < 
ME. ralrii, ralrue, ralaye, rale = MD. ralleye, 
valey, D. vallei, < OF. valec, F. rallee (= It. 
