vales
plural of vale
• 'alves, Alves, Elvas, Levas, Selva, Slave, SlavĂ©, Veals, avels, evals, laves, salve, selva, slave, valse, veals
Source: Wiktionary
Vale, n. Etym: [OE. val, F. val, L. vallis; perhaps akin to Gr. Avalanche, Vail to lower, Valley.]
Definition: A tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley. " Make me a cottage in the vale." Tennyson. Beyond this vale of tears there is a life above. Montgomery. In those fair vales, by nature formed to please. Harte.
Note: Vale is more commonly used in poetry, and valley in prose and common discourse.
Syn.
– Valley; dingle; dell; dale.
Vale, n.
Definition: See 2d Vail, 3.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 May 2025
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.