valonia

[The Italian name for Quercus ægilops. From Mod. Gr. balania, baianidia = the Holm Oak or Scarlet Oak. ( Mahn.)] 1. Bot .: A genus of Hydro gas tride ( Lindley ), the typical genus of Valoniacem ( Berkeley ). It forms irregular ma es of large cells, or repeatedly constricted sacs, which might be mistaken for the eggs of a mollusk. 2. Bot . & Comm.: A commercial name for the large acorn-cups of Quercus ægilops . Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -aceœ.] va-lō-ni-ā-çe-æ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. valoni(a); Bot .: An order of Green-spored Alge. Frond, consisting of large bladder-like cells filled with a green watery end och rome. Found in the warmer seas. ( Berkeley .) văl-õr, văl-our, s . [O. Fr. valor , valur , valeur =worth, value, worthine , from Latin valorem, acc us. of valor =worth, courage, from valeo =to be strong, to be worth.] *1. Value, worth. "The valour of a peny."- Sir T. More: A Mery Jest. 2. Personal bravery; that quality which enables a man to encounter danger with firmne ; courage, especially as regards fighting; intrepidity, prowe . "His frantic valor had provoked The death he seemed to wish for from their swords." Rowe : Fair Penitent, v. *3. A man of valor; a brave man. "Leading young valors , reckle as myself." Lytton: Richelieu, i. 1. văl-õr-oŭs, văl-our-oŭs, a . [Fr. valeureux .] [VALOR.] Brave, courageous, valiant, intrepid. "Gathering force and courage valorous ." Spenser: F. Q., II. x. 18. văl-õr-oŭs-ly, adv . [Eng. valorous ; -ly .] In a valorous or valiant manner; valiantly, bravely. "Which they valorously and stoutly performed."Camden: Hist. of Queen Elizabeth (an. 1579). Văl-săl-va, subst . [Antonio Maria Valsalva, an Italian physician and author (1666-1725).] [.] Sinuses of Valsalva : Anat.: Sinuses of the aortic valves. văl-u-a-ble, a. & s. [Fr.] [VALUE, 8.] A. As adjective : (1) The act of a e ing, estimating, or fixing the value or worth of a thing; the act of fixing the price of a thing; appraisement. "The numbering of goods and places, the valuation of goods and substance." -Holinshed : William the Conqueror, (an. 1084). (2) The act of valuing or esteeming at the true value; estimation. "Humility in man consists not in denying any gift that is in him, but in a just valuation of it."-Ray: On the Creation. 2. The value or price set on a thing; estimated value or worth. "Since of your lives you set So slight a valuation ."-Shakesp.: Cymbeline, iv. 4. *3. Value, worth. "The mines lie unlabored and of no valuation."Hackluyt: Voyages , iii. 466. văl-u-ā-tõr, s . [Eng. valu ( e ); -at or .] One who a e es or fixes the value of a thing; an appraiser. "I am therefore at a lo what kind of valuators the bishops will make use of."- Swift : Cons. upon Two Bills . văl-ue, *val-ew, s . [O. Fr. value , prop. fem. of valu , pa. par. of valoir =to be worth; Lat. valeo .] I. Ordinary Language : 1. Worth; that property or those properties of a thing which make it useful, estimable, or valuable; the degree of such property or properties; utility, importance. "An island much superior to Teneriffe both in bulk and value."-Dampier: Voyages (an. 1699). *2. Valor, prowe . "Therfor the duke him dight, as man of grete value Roberd Beleyse with myght, the sege the i wend remue." Robert de Brunne , p. 100. 3. Account, estimation, importance, worth. (Said of persons.) "Ye are of more value than many sparrows." -Matthew x. 31. 4. Estimate of the worth of a thing; valuation; appreciation of worth. "Green talc, upon which they set a high value ."- Cook : First Voyaye , bk. ii., ch. x. 5. Price equivalent to the intrinsic worth of a thing; equivalent. "His design was not to pay him the value of his pict. ures, because they were above any price."- Dryden . 6. Market price; the price for which a thing is sold or which it will fetch; amount obtainable for a thing; as, The value of a thing is what it will fetch. 7. Import, signification; as, the value of a word or phrase. *8. Esteem, regard. "My value for him so great." - Burnet. II. Technically : estimated, measured, or a e ed. "Commodities are movables valuable by money, the common measure." -Locke: Rate of Interest. 2. Having great value or worth; being of great value or price; precious. the rest of the cargo."- Anson : Voyages , bk. ii., ch. iv. "We found besides what was much more valuable than 3. Worthy, estimable; deserving of esteem; as, a valuable companion. B. As subst.: A thing, especially a small thing, of value; a choice or precious article of personal property. (Usually in the plural.) "Inclining to think that he did steal the valuables." Thackeray: Roundabout Papers, xxxii. Valuable signifies fit to be valued ; costly , cost ing much money. Valuable expre es the idea of value directly; costly expre es the same idea indirectly; on the other hand, that which is valuable is only said to be fit or deserving of value ; but costly denotes that which is highly valuable , according to the ordinary measure of valuing objects that is, by the price they bear; hence, the latter expre es the idea much more strongly than the former.