valediction (valedikshon)

[ When he went forth of his colledge... he alwayes took this solemn valediction of the fellowes. Fuller , Worthies, Shropshire, III. 66. Their last valediction , thrice uttered by the attendants, was also very solemn. Sir T. Browne, Urn-burial, iv. valedictorian (val"ē-dik-tō'ri-an), n. [ vale dictory + -an.] In American colleges and some academies and high schools, the student who pronounces the valedictory oration at the annual commencement or graduating exercises of his cla : usually chosen as the scholar bearing the highest rank in the graduating cla , as the best representative, for various reasons, of the whole cla , or as otherwise worthy of spe erly, atomicity. 2. In biol.: (a) Form value; morphological value or equivalency. See morphic. (b) In zoöl., taxonomic value or equivalency; cla ificatory grade or rank of a zoölogical group. valencia (vā-len's hi-ä), n. [See valance.] 1. Same as valance, 1.-2. A linen cloth resembling piqué, used for waistcoats, etc. valencia nite (va-len's hi-an-it), n. [ Valencia raisins. Raisins prepared by dipping the ripe bunches of grapes into a hot lye made of wood-ashes, oil, and salt, and then drying them in the sun. Raisins of the best quality, known as Malaga or Muscatel, are dried by the sun on the vine. Also called briefly Valencias. See raisin, 2.