valve seat

[SEAT, S., II. 1.] valve-shell, s. [VALVATA.] valve-stem, s. [STEM, 8., II. 2.] valve-tailed bat, s. Zool.: Diclidurus alb us , a native of Brazil. It is remarkable for its whitish color, and the presence of a curious horny case, composed of two parts, which covers the extremity of the tail, and is attached to the upper surface of the interfemoral "The new valuer came round to a e the land."- membrane, whence its popular and generic names. Field, Feb. 11, 1888. 2. One who holds in esteem. "Great valuers of their skill." -Bp . Taylor . Sermons, vol. i., ser. 25. *văl-ure, s . [O. Fr. valor , valur , valeur =value, worth, worthine .) Value, worth. "His desert and valure in writing."- Holinshed . De. script. Ireland, ch. vii. văl-væ-form, adj. [Lat. valva, and form a =a form.] [VALVE, 8.] Bot.: Shaped like a valve. ( Paxton.) văl-va-sõr, s. [VAVASOR.] having folding doors.) văl-va-ta, subst . [Fem. sing. of Lat. valvatus = Zool. & Palæont .: Valve-shell; a genus of Paludinide, with eighteen recent species, from Britain and North America. Shell turbinated or discoidal, umbilicated; operculum horny, multispiral. Animal with a produced muzzle; tentacles long and slender, eyes at their outer bases; lingual teeth broad. There are nineteen fo il species, from the Wealden onward. vălv'-āte, a. [VALVATA.] vălved, a. [Eng. valv (e); -ed.] 1. Ord. Lang.: Having valves or hinges; composed of valves. 2. Bot .: Consisting of valves or seed-cells; valvular. vălve-lět, subst. [Eng. valve; dim in. suff. -let.] A little valve; a valvule.