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vale(2) (iou) and amine (iou)


vale(2) (iou)



vale noun1. Now arch. or poet. exc. in place-names. ME.
[Old & mod. French val from Latin valles, vallis: cf. VALLEY.]
A valley, esp. one which is comparatively wide and flat. ME.
lily of the vale: see LILY noun.
Wordsworth A slumber seems to steal O'er vale, and mountain. Day Lewis Haunted by the rainshine of orchards in the vale of Evesham.
fig. The world in General, esp. as regarded as a place or time of suffering or trouble; the world regarded as the scene of one's earthly existence. Freq. foll. by of. LME.
the vale of years literary the declining years of a person's life; old age. vale of tears literary the world or one's earthly existence regarded as a place of sorrow or trouble (also valley of tears).
Shakespeare 2 Henry VI Great is his comfort in this earthly vale Although by his sight his sin be multiplied.
Comb.: vale-lily poet. lily of the valley.

amine (iou)



amine noun. M19.
[from AM(MONIA + -INE5.]
Chemistry. Any derivative of ammonia in which one or more hydrogen atoms are replaced by alkyl or aryl groups.