VALUABLENBSS.
married to a very \-aluable person. 1730 Southall Treat.
Bitggi 3 The late Learned and truly Valuable Dr. Wood*
ward, .approv'd the Design.
+ 3. That can be valued ; capable of having the
value estimated. Ois. rare.
x6a7 Sanderson Serm. (1682) I. 363 That sin ..from which
he hath once escaped without shame, or so much as valueable
loss. 1690 Locke G<n't. i. ix. r 10 We are now speaking
of Possessions and Commodities of Life Valuable by Money.
+ 4. Capable of being compared or equated in
value with something. Obs.
1646 QuAKi-ES Juiigcm. t, Mercy Wks. (Grosart) L 86/3
Is .a pufie of breath wee call life, valuable with his honour,
. receiving any considerable valuation for so precious a
in comparison of whom the very Angels are impure ? 1651
HoBBES Gmt. t) Sx. ii.§14. 28 His Will.. hath simply
b^ore it, for its object, a certain good valuable with the
thing promised.
+ 5. Valid, sound. Ois.~^
1647 N. Ward Similt CoUer 8
that will rather make
an tireligious quarell with other Religions then try the
Tmth ofhis own by valuable Arguments.
B. sb. An article of worth or value.
in pi., valuable goods or possessions.
177s in -4sH. 1797 S. & H. Lee Cantcrb. T. \. 188 With
such valuables and papers as he deemed most likely to secure
him either impunity or revenge. x8sp Lytton Devereux
111. v^ I did not long wTcstle witn my pride before I obtained
the victory, and sent my valuables to the hammer. 1843
all
R. \. WiLBERFORCE RuUUus ff I^^ctus 22 No onc but had
furnished himself with some valuable. 1878 Bosw. Smith
Carfha°;e 122 Which the crews helped by throwing over,
board their valuables.
Valaableness (vse-liwiab'lnes).
The character or condition of being valuable.
1683 LoRRAiN tr. Murci's Rites Fun. To Rdr. 4 Which
having said with regard to the valuableness of the Subject,
I shall only add [etc]. 1731 T. Thomas Pre/. Urry's
Ckauc£r p. 1, The valuableness of it will appear Dy the use
which has been made of it in the Glossary. X768 Tucker
Lt, Nat, L ti. xxiv. J34 There lies a nearer way for good
qualities to arrive at their valuableness. 1865 J. Grote
Moral Ideals vL (1876) 71 And then it may be that the
valuableness of actions
v<tiuuuicnci>s oi aciiuns varies as
a: their usefulness.
Valuably (vse-liK,abIi),
li),
+ 1.a. With equivalence ce of value. Obs.—^
x6a9 Gaul£ Holy 'Madn. 137 A great Patrimony may be
valuably transubstantiated into the quantity of a little stone.
+ b. At a high rate or value. Obs.
X7SS Johnson, Preciously^ valuably ; to a great price.
2. With valuable or precious
1780 Gentl. Mag. L. 617 Danford gained intelligence at an
_ Walker Money xiii. 263 The bi-metallic theory proposes to
inn in the country of a box valuably filled. x8os Naval
Chron. XIU. 83 She is valuably laden.
3. In a valuable manner
;
highly useful.
186s Sat. Rev. s Aug. 177/2 Mr. Palgrave's sombre picture
must be treated as . valuably qualifying, not as superseding,
, 1566 Stapleton Rel, Untr. Jewelvj. 62 The Sacramentary
such standard representations as that by Layard.
1895
Review o/Rev.\\ii. 167 If he had lived only to write that, he
would have lived valuably. 1896 Pofi. Sci. Monthly L. 285
Which perplex and exhaust the pupil without contributing
valuably to his mental discipline.
Valaate (vae-liai<it), V. [Back-formation from
next.] trans. To estimate the value of (some-
thing) ; to appraise.
18^ Loud. Soc. Feb. 140 be important to valuate
It will
the influence of this extraordinary man. X893 Stevenson
& L. OsBotlRNE Wrecker 291 The actual harm I can do
I leave you to valuate for yourself.
Valnation (vseliai^i-Jsn). Also 6 valewaoion,
valuacion, -atioun, 7 valueacion, valluacon,
waluation. [a. OF. valuacion, -ation (cf. mod.F.
ivaluation EvALO ation), =Sp. valuacion, f. valtur
(Sp. valvar) Value v."]
1. The action of valuing ; the process of assessing
or fixing the value of a thing.
1539 More Sufpl. Souls Wks. 294/2 For surely it might
be that he was not ware of the newe valuacion for he
ranne awaye before the valuacion changed. 15SX Sir
J.
Williams Accompte (Abbotsf CI.) 13 Meters, ornamentes,
and other thinges received without weight or valuacion.
'S77-87 Holinshed Chron. II. 313/1 The valuation of their
goodes and substance, as well in cattell as in readie monie.
X673 Petty Pol. Anat. (1691) 61 These Valuations were
made as Parties interested could prevail upon and against
one another by their Attendance^ Friends, Eloquence, and
Vehemence. 1737 H. Walpole in ^ath Rep. Hist. MSS.
Comm. App, 1. 270, 1 would give more for them on a reason-
. .
able valuation than a Bookseller would doe. 178X Gibbon
Decl. !, F.(f]ifi II. 71 The secret wealth of commerce, and
the precarious profits of art or labour, are susceptible only
of a discretionary valuation. 183^ Thirlwall Greece xlii.
V. 205 A new valuation of all private property had been
made. X858 Ld. St. Leonards Property Law vii. 42 If
they refuse to value the estate, or disagree in the valuation,
you cannot enforce the performance of the contract.
attrii. 1855 Statutes Gt. Brit, t, Irel. XXII. 514 Valua.
tion (Ireland) Act Amendment further to amend 15 & 16
i
Vict. c. 63 relating to the Valuation of rateable Property.
1893 Pall MaU G. 19 Dec 2/1 The amendment of the
valuation law.
b. Estimated value worth or price as deter- ;
mined by deliberate estimation.
1631 Weever Anc. Funeral Mon. 816 The valuation of
this religious structure .. was three hundred eight pounds.
I7S7 Washington Lett. Writ 1889 L 437 There are many
Masters of Servants yet unpaid, who are very anxious to
receive their valuation. 1775 S.
J. Pratt Liberal Opin. cxx.
(1783) ly. 119 The ear-rings were no trifles ir. point of price
. ., bearing no less a valuation than
200 guineas. 1813 G.
Chalmers Dom. Econ. Gt. Brit. 456 The fair valuation, at
which our commercial concerns might be calculated. X844
"• H. Wilson Brit. India 1. vii. I. 445 The money valua*
28
t
tion of the estimated produce of the land in cultivation.
1868 Annie S. Swan Doris Cheyne vii. 122 Mr. Hardwicke
had paid the sum required for the goodwill, and had also
taken the furniture at a valuation.
t 2. Value or worth, esp. of a material nature.
1567 Trial Treas. (Percy Soc.) 6 It is not golde alwayes
that doth shine, But corrupting copper, of small valuation.
. . .
1583 Melbancke Philoiimus N j b, Diuers precious lewells
.., whereof two or three Gemmes were of more valuation
in his accounte, then all the rest. 162a R. Preston Godly
Man's Inquisition \. 20 If any man hath lost any matter of
valuation, how diligently wilt they set themselues to Inquisi-
tions. 1655 tr. SorePs Com. Hist. Francion 11. 44 Without
Jewell. 1669 WoRUDGE Syst. Agric. (1681) 145 Which
casualties.. makes their Price and valuation so uncertain,
and proves so great a discouragement to the Countryman.
tb. Spec. Current value (of money). Obs.
1551 Robinson tr. Move's Utopiax. (1895) 88 One councell-
He
eth to rayse and enhaunce the valuacion of money, when
the king must paye any. 1622 Malynes Anc. Law-Merck.
4S6 By aduancing the Valuation of gold, .in England, when
Usually Crowne gold was valued from fifiie fiue shillings the ounce
to three_ pound, 1699 Bentley Phal. 454 Here are four
Authorities then.. for the low valuation of the Sicilian
Talent. 1776 Adam Smith W. N. i. v. (1869) I, 46 No
creditor could . . be cheated in consequence of the high
valuation of silver in coin.
t o. «
Value sb. 7 a. Obs."^
1636 Recorde's Gr. Artes 4,^, I may reckon them simply
without any respect of their valuation or place saying,
3 and 3 make 5.
3. Appreciation or estimation of anything in re-
[f. prec] spect of excellence or merit.
15^8 Elyot, Aestimatioy a valuacion, consideracion, or
weying of a matter. 1597 Shaks. 2 Hen. /F, iv. i. 189 Our
valuation shall be such. That euery slight, and false-
deriued Cause, Yea, euery idle.. wanton Reason, .. Shall,
to the King, taste of this Action. 16x7 Moryson Itin. iv.
(Roxb.) 281, I obserued in England the same superstitious
neglect_ of Common Prayer, and excessive valuation of
Preaching, to haue infected some places among vs. 1650
Earl Monm. tr. Senault's Man bee. Guilty 256 The very
Theater whereupon things are acted, serves to put a valua-
tion upon them, a 1676 Hale Prim, Orig. Man, (1677) 356
adv. [f. as prec]
The admirable Solution of many of those difficulties, .doth
five a very great valuation and esteem to the truth, .of the
criptures. 1745-6 Fielding True Patriot Wks. 1775 IX.
318, I believe it is difficult to find any two persons, who
place an equal valuation on any virtue, good or great quality
whatever. 1884 Manch. Exam. 14 May 5/5 The outside
articles. public appear disposed to take Mr. Chaplin at his own
valuation.
Hence Talna'tioual a.
1887 Contemp. Rev. Feb. 285 They proposed a geometrical
so as to be valuable or survey, detailed and valuational.
tValuativef a, Obs.~^ [f. Value v.+
-ATiVE.] Expressive of value,
off Geneua will haue the verbe est is, to stand for, is in value,
not is in substance, and so {est) must not be a verbe sub-
stantiue, but a verba valuatiue.
Valuator (vse-liz^i-fitai). [f. Value v. + -atob,
after Valuation.] One who estimates the value
of things ; esp, one appointed or licensed to do so ;
an appraiser.
1731-3 Swift Consid. two Bills Wks. 1841 II. 225/1, I am
therefore at a loss what kind of valuators the bishops will
make use of. 1820 Hogg Tales ^ Sk. (1837) II. 197 The
valuator of books made toward the door as fast as his
loosened and yielding joints could carry him. 1848 Cham-
bers's Jrnl. X. 423 A small daily stipend from government as
a valuator of Books. x886 C. Scott Sheep- Fanning wi^ The
price is not always agreed upon that day; the valuators
sonietimes considering it advisable to wait for a time before
deciding.
Value 4-5 valu, 4- value
(vse'liw), j(5. Forms :
(4ualue, 5 walue, valwe), 4 valuwe 4, valeu,
;
5 -ieu,-eue, 7 valleu 5-7 valewe (5-6 walew,
;
5 -ewe, -ywe) 4-5 valow(e 9 dial, vally. [a.
; ;
:
OF. value (13th c), valine (F. dial, vaillue), fem.
pa. pple. of valoir to be of worth :— L. valere, Cf.
med.L. valua (1235, from OF.), Sp, valua^ It.
valulaj]
I. 1. Thatamountof some commodity, medium
of exchange, etc., which is considered to be an
equivalent for something else ; a fair or adequate
equivalent or return.
X303 R. Brunne Handl. Synne 5966 But Jtou gyve hyt
hym ageyn. Or j^e valeu.., pou art falle Jjan yn ^e vyce Of
coueytyse. X338 —
Chron. (1810) 163 Amendes I wille make,
. . pi godes i>e biken, or |>evalow verray. c 1440 Gesta Rom.
Ixv. (Harl. MS.) 288, I saide to you J?at I mygte not selle
you J>e ston, no lesse |>an I recyvid J^erfore the trewe value.
1687 A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. 254 The other two
Consuls .. were not released, till their Nations .. promised
the Basha to pay.. the value of the Ships Loadings. 17x6
Lond. Gaz, No. 5472/4 A Bill.. for Value received, for 60/.
'73s Johnson Labors Abyss., Descr. vii. 86 On Condition he
paid a certain number of Cows, or the Value. x8o6 Cumber-
land Mem. (1B07) II. 151 We hardly could be said to have
had value for our money. 18x7 W. Selwyn Law Nisi
Prius (ed. 4) II. 1286 For the recovery of the goods in
question, or the value thereof, if the plaintiff cannot have the
goods. 1868 Rogers Pol. Econ. (1876) 147 To pay at a
given date.. a specified sum of money, for which value
nas been received.
t b. A
standard of estimation or exchange ; an
amount or sum reckoned in terms of this ; a thing
regarded as worth having. Obs,
, X398 Tbevisa Barth. De P. R. vi. xvii. (Bodl. MS.), Vma
IS a certeyne weijt and valewe. c 1460 Play Sacram. 290
For so lytelle a walew in conscyence to stond bownd. 1555
VALUE.
Watreman Fardle Facions 11. xi. 249 Thei game not for
money, or any valewe elles. 1655 Milton Lett. State Wks,
1851 VIII. 333 We requisite to remit beforehand
thought it
two thousand Pounds of the Value of England, with all
possible speed. X754 Hanway Trav. vi. i. II. 146 They
stripped their habitation of everything that was valuable.
The Russians lost a great value [note, About one hundred
thousand pound],
fc. spec, = Valour 3d. Obs.
1607 [see Valour^ d]. at6y. Donne 5«/, HL 62 As Wards
stillTake such wives as their Guardians offer, or Pay
valewes. 1660 Act 12 Chas. II, c. xxiv. § 2 Values and for-
feitures of marriage and all other charges incident to tenure
by Knights service. 1684 Manley, lvalue 0/ Marriage
[copying Cowel see Valour 3 d].
:
2. The
material or monetary worth of a thing
the amount at which it may be estimated in terms
of some medium of exchange or other standard of a
similar nature.
Sometimes, esp. in recent use, as the second element in
combs., as assay-, coin-, house; land-value.
1338 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 83 Extendours he sette forto
extend J?e land. ..Alle Jjei did extend to witte j^e verrey
valowe. c 1380 Wvclif JVks. (1880) 414 God. wole not >at
.
men chaffere but in |?ingis whoos valu Jiei knowen. c 1407
LvDG. Reson <5- Sens. 2812, I ha no konnyng dywe To
declare the walywe So ryche of stonys and tresour. 1474
Cov. Leet Bk. 413 That ye. .certifie vs as-wel of the names
of all the seid gentilmen..as for |?e very value of their said
: lyvelodes and goodes. 1552 in Feuillerat Revels Edw. VI
(1914) 117 An Estimate of the contentes and valewe of soche
parcelles and stuffe as was delyuered owte of the storehouses.
Ibid. 118 Pantacles one paier of bridges satten in valewe
iij« iiij**. 1560 Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. zigb. Whan a
benefice or prebende is fallen.. what diligent inquisition is
made to knowe the yearely value. 1602 Ld. Cromwell \\,
iii. 56 The King of late hath had his treasurie rob'd. And of
the choysest iewelles that he had : The value of them was
some seauen thousand pound, a 1680 Butler Rem. (1759)
I. 53 As Metals rnixt, the rich and base Do both at equal
Values pass. 1771 Encycl. Brit. III. 255/2 Were pounds
sterling, livres, florins, piastres, &c. .. invariable in their
values. 1776 Adam Smith W. N. i. v, (1904) I. 43 In England
..the value of all goods and of all estates is generally com-
puted in silver. x8og Bawdwen Domesday Bk. 4 In the time
of King Edward the value of the city to the King was fifty-
three pounds. 1859 Tennyson Elaine 1208 To loyal hearts
the value of all gifts Must vary as the giver's. 1885 Meredith
Diana I. 116 The value of the stock I hold has doubled.
attrib. and Comb. 1854 in Tomes Amer. in yaPan 410 In
Japan, as in European countries, the standard of value-
weight, and that of currency-weight, differ. 1878 F. A.
harness two metals of somewhat diverse tendencies value-
wards.
fb. Valuation, appraisement, Ohs."^^
c X488 Plumpton Corr. (Camden) 68 It was sene by our
tenants, &
set to a valow what should be our charge to
do, &
that shall he have.
Under value, below the proper
C. In phrases.
value, + To good value, al a small valuej at a low or
small price.
X638 Featly Transubst. 9 The fifth was nominated to a
pooreVicaridge under vallew. 1699 Bentley /'/wi/. 387
How is his Edition so scarce, that.. may be purchas'd at a
small value? ^1700 Evelyn Diary 14 July 1683, He..
shew'd me some very rare and curious bookes, and some
MSS. which he had purchas'd to good value.
3. Of value, valuable. Of value , possessed of
, .
(a specified) material or monetary worth.
c X340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 9199 To precyouse stanes of
vertow. And to sylver and gold and thing of valow. c 1400
Maundev. (Roxb.) xxvi. 124 Oile of olyfe of grete valu.
c 1400 Pilg. Sowle (Caxton, 1483) iv. ix. 62 The prys of myn
Appel is of suche valewe that it passeth the estymacion of
ony creature. 1436 Libel Eng. Policy in Pol. Poems (Rolls)
II. 162 Hit is of lytelle valeue, .Wyth Englysshe wollebut
.
*j if it menged be. 1485 Caxton Paris ^ (1868) 33 Not al K
onely these Iewelles whyche been of lytel valewe. a 1548
Hall Chron., Edw. IV (1550) 35 When he knewe the two
Erles to be a praye of suche a greate value, he determined
not to deliuer theim, 1556 Olde Antichrist 198 b. So noble
a garment, of more value than al y» treasures of golde. x6oo
PoRY tr. Leo's Africa in. 133 Their shops are full of fine
earthen vessels, which are of much greater value then the
things contained in them. 1628-9 Digby Voy. Medit.
(Camden) 22 Shee [a boat] had litle of value in her. 1634
Sir T. Herbert Traz'. ig Gold and Siluer is of no value
amongst them. X709 T. Robinson Nat. Hist. IVestmld. <V
Cu>nbld, vii. 37 Lead and Coal,., being of a disagreeable
Nature, the one makes the other of little Value. 1771 Encycl.
Brit. III. 260/2 The old [guineas] must be of less value still.
1861 M. Pattison Ess. (1889) I. 45 A tower, with a fireproof
'
chamber for the muniments and jewels of especial value.
4. The equivalent (in material worth) of a speci-
fied sum or amount.
136a Langl. P, pi. A. xr. 34 Wolde neuer kyng ne knifat .
5euen hem to heore geres-giue J>e value of a grote c 1386 !
Chaucer Frankl. T. 845 He .. broghte gold vn-to this
Philosopbre The value of fyue hundred pound I gesse
x4xa-3o Lydg. Chron. Troyu. 124 We trewfy may aduerten
..pat 'for the valu of a ^ing of nou^t, Mortal causes and
werris first bygonne. c X450 Merlin vii. 120 Of all the
barneys that thei hade brought thider, thei hadde not with
hem the valew of iji*. a 1533 Lo. Berners Huon xliiL 145
Thou shalt not lese the valew of one peny. Ibid. Ixviii. 234
They left not in y^ abbey the valew of a floren. X613
PuRCHAS Pilgrimage (1614) 652 A
Bason, wherein each puts
the value of twelue pence in Gold. 1771 Encycl. Brit. III.
260/2 If. .the new guineas are below the value of a pound
sterling in silver. 1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 322/2 A gold coin
of the assayed value of 5A i8j. Zd. 1887 IVhitaker's Aim.
183 Bronze coinage.. to the value of;£57,563.
Now
b. In contemptuous comparisons. rare,
c X380 Sir Ferumb. 124 Ne doutet? he kyng ne Emperour
value of a ryssche. Ibid, 5441 pat i'e Amerel
)>e ne drede]>
 VALUE.
hym no^t . jtg
. c 1386 Chaucer Shipman's
value of a kerse.
T. 171 He is noght worth at al In no degree the value of a
flye. c 1400 Laud Troy Bk. 17506, I 3eue right not of alle
\\\& tene, Not the value of a bene. cx4as Wyntoun Crt;;*.
VI. xviii. 2170, I cowntyt noucht )« xo^xc twa Wicis be
walew of a stra. 1798 Wordsw. P. Bell 239 But not the
value of a hair Was heart or head the belter.
c. The extent or amount of a specified standard
or measure of length, quantity, etc. Now
only dial,
itioo SuRFLET Countrit Famte 111. vi. 433 They must be
sharpened like a stake for the value of the length of halfe a
foote. 173X P. Miller Card, Diet, s.v. Sap^ Flowing out
very plentifully, .to the Value of several Gallons in a few
Days. 1764 Museum Rust. II. i. 10 Give each of them the
value of three large table spoonfuls of the mixture for a
dose. 179X Mrs. Radcliffe Rom, Forest (1820) 1. 67, I
jogged on, near the value of a leaguA, I warrant, and then
I came to a track. 1794 —
Myst. Udolpho lii. They stood
in the same posture for the value of a minute. 1818
WiLBRAHAM Ckesk. Gloss. S.V., When you come to the value
1S54 Miss Baker Northampt.
of five feet deep.
There was only the vally of a bushel of apples
orchard. Ibid. Dig down to the vally of seven or eight feet.
,
II. t5. Worth or worthiness (of persons) in
respect of rank or personal qualities. 'Ods.
c IJ30 R. Bkvssk CArort. Jf'at* (Rolls) 491 1 Alleofvalow,
moste & leste, Suld com to London to his feste. 1338
Chron. (1810) 100 f>erfor be duke himdight, as man ofgrete
value. C1386 Chaucer ParsotCs T. F398 Insolent is he l>at
dispisith in his lugement alle o^r folk as to regard of his
vaheu. c 1400 Bntt 248 Eueryche of ham hade ful riche
5iftes, euery man as he was of value and of State, c 14*5
WvsTOUN Cron. iL viii. 721 pai ^at duelt that ile wi> in
War wylde of na walew. 1483 Caxton Caio Aiiij,
sottis
Thou oughtest to gyue place to hym that is gretter and
more of valewe than thou arte. 1590 Greene Mourn.
Garm. Wlcs. (Grosart) IX. 154 Some were Caualiers, and
men of great value, a 1639 Wotton in Relig. (1651) 484 A
young Widow of value Who lately dying.. left order by
:
Will that her body should be buried in her dwelling Pariso.
t b. Worth or efficacy in combat or warfare
manliness, valour. Obs,
1590 Spenser F. Q, m. vi, 29 Who.. his sword forth drew,
And him with equal! value counteruayld. X59X Harington
OrL Fur. xxxiv. xii, Alceste by his value brought My father
and his friends to such distress. x6x4 Lodge Seneca 7 The
Emperour. .giveth a chaine of gold to some one souldier of
hb that approved his valew in some difficult enterprise.
6. The relative status of a thing, or the estimate
in which it is held, according to its real or supposed
worth, usefulness, or importance.
£1380 Wyclif i'^/. IV^ks. I. 195 Oure bilcve techij? as J?at
God kepij? Hngis after her valu, for if ony )»ing be bctere,
God makijf it to be betert c X385 Chaucer L. G. ly. 602
Cleapatra, Loue hadde brought this man in swich a rage..
That al the world he sette at no value. 1470-85 Malory
A ri Aur II. u.j8 Your bounte. .may no manpreyse half to the
valewe. 1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus 1. 68 These words with
Cyrus came in at one eare and went out at the other, lighter
in value then the wynd in waight. 1(^1 Hobbes Leviath,
I. X. 42 [Let men] rate themselves at the highest Value they
can ; yet their true Value is no more than it is esteemed by
X779 Mirror No. 5. 33 It unfortunately happen*:,
others.
that we are very inadequate judges of the value of our own
discourse. iSaS Duppa Trav. Italvy etc. 21 These land-
scapes have no value but as being the earliest attempts to
represent scenes from nature. 1844 H. H. Wilson Brit,
India I. 217 Attaching to its commerce and alliance more
value than belonged to either. X884 J. Gilmour Mongolt
xvii. 205 Buddhism . tells him that each prayer repeated has
.
a certain value in cleansing away sin.
attrib. X899 Garvie Ritschlinn Thiol. 176 The theoretical
judgments cannot give an intelligible unity to the worta>
whole, but the value-judgments can.
b. In the phr. o/{,.) value, (Cf. 3.)
1375 Barbour Brttce i. 372 Quhar it fail^eys,
May be off price, na
oflf valu. 1396-7 in Eng. Hist, Rev,
(1907) XXII. 209 pecorrelari is be preyere of ualue spring-
and out of parfyth charite. 1423 Yonge tr. Secreia Secret,
171 That appartenyth to a feynte herte to lowe myche a
thynge of lytill walue. 1555 EoEN Decades (Arb.) 133 Vf
this opinion bee of anye value. 1849 James IVoodmeut \\\j
There may be news of value indeed. X855 Brewster Life
0/ Newton II. xviii. 166 Obser\-ations of such value, that
without them they could not proceed in their researches.
c. To set a value on or upon^ to estimate at
. .
a specified rate.
xeji Hobbes Leviath. n. xviii. 92 Considering what values
men are naturally apt to set upon themselves. 1693 Locke
Ediic, 563 But the Backwardness Parents shew in divulg-
ing their Faults, will make them set a greater Value on their
Credit themselves, a 1763 W. King Pol. if Lit, Amcd.
(1819) 101 My Lord Hardwick..who is said to be worth
800,000/. sets the same value on half a crown now as be did
when he was only worth one hundred. X78a Burke Corr.
(1844) III. 7 You set too much value on the few and slight
have been able to perform. lZ^^CoM^T. Diges*
services, that I
tioH 260 No one who sets any value on the lives of his horses
or dogs ever allows it to be disregarded. x868 J. H. Blunt
Re/. Ck. Eng. I, 64 Wolsey set much value upon the study
of Greek. 1890 Comhill Ma^. Oct. 365, I must see what
value the kahr sets on his services.
t d. Estimate or opinion of^ likingy^/-,
or thing. Obs,
(a) X65J LovEDAY tr. Calprenedc's Cassandra in. 232 Thus
parted those two great men, preserving in their soules such
a value of one another as you may easily imagine. 1677 in
Clevelancts Poems Ep. Ded., Such competent Judges,.. in
whose ju5t value of bun Cleveland shall live. .the pattern
of succeeding Ages.
ib) x686 tr, Chardin*s Trav. Persia 204 He has a very
great Value for her by reason of her great Estate. 1709
Steele Taller "So, j-i F5 Nay, child, do not be troubled
that I take Notice ofit my Value for you made me speak it.
1
X749 Fielding Tom Jones xiv. v. 1 must esteem one for
whom I know M*^. Allwortby batli so much value. 1773
29
Life N. Froiude 182 In a few days she conceived a Value
for me, which she expressed in the warmest Terms, 1794
Mathias Purs. Lit. (1798) 434 Men of learning have always
had a proper value for the Greek language.
fe. ellipt. Esteem, regard. Obs.—^
1700 Drvden Fables Anc. 4- Mod. Ded., I am not vain
enough to boast that I have deserv'd the value of so
Illustrious a Line.
7. a. Math, The precise number or amount
represented by a figure, quantity, etc.
iS4a Recorde Or, Artes (1575) 43 Euery Figure hathe
two values ; One which it hath of his Forme, and y° other
. .
. .whiche he taketh of his Place, a 1680 Butler Remaitis
(1759) IL 80 A huffing Courtier is a Cypher, that has no
Value himself, but from the Place he stands in. 17x5 tr.
Gregorys Astron. (1726) 1. 477 The Resolution whereof will
give the Value of the Root. 1737 Genii. Mag. VII. 134/2
That he can get a Value of z/ to substitute in the first Equa-
tion, to bring out the Value of z tiue. 1833 H. J. Brooke
Inlrod. Crystallogr, 255 As the value of p increases, the
Gloss. 374 planes b incline more and more on the primary planes. 1867
in all the
J, Hogg Microsc. i. i. 2 The values of these angles. .prove
that the glass of the ancients differed very little from that
manufactured in our ownJimes. 1881 Nature No. 618. 417
So boron in the crystalline salt.. has a higher atomic value
than in its fluoride.
— b. AIus. The relative length or duration of a
tone signified by a note.
x66a Playford Skill Mus. \, vii. (1674) 25 The Semibreve
..is called the Master-Note. All the other Notes.. are
measured or Proportioned to its value. 1738 Chambers
Cycl. s.v. Measure^ The Measure is regulated according to
the different Quality or Value of the Notes in the Piece.
1840 Pentipf Cycl. XVI. 333/2 The valuej or length in time,
of the Semibreve may be considered as unity.^ 1869 Ouseley
Counterp, xix. 157 It is not allowed, in making the answer,
to change the value of the notes of the subject.
0. Of cards, chessmen, or the like: Relative rank
or importance according to the conventions of the
game ; the amount at which each (or each set) is
reckoned in counting the score.
1670 Cotton Gamester (1680) 76 The value of the_ Cards
[in CribbageJ is thus Any fifteen upon the Cards is two.
:
Ibid. 87 The rest of the Cards are best according to their
value in pips. 174J Hovle IVhist 27 Suppose you have.,
four other Cards of no Value. 1850 Bohn^s Hand-Bk. Games
(1S67) 152 If in cutting there be two lowest cards of a like
value, the holders cut again for the deal. 1874 H. Gibbs
Ombre 1 878) 5 * French R uff,' * Five-cards and other games
( '
in which the cards have the same value or nearly the same
value as in Ombre.
d. Painting, Due or proper effect or impor-
tance ; relative tone of colour in each distinct
section of a picture ; a patch characterized by a
particular tone.
1778 Sir J. Revnolds Disc. viii. (1876) 453 certain A not to value bis own understanding so highly. x8a8 Scott
quantity of cold colours is necessary to give value and lustre
to the warm colours. xS^a Mrs. H. Ward David Grieve
IL 312 Working [at a pamting] now in the forest, now at
home, the lights and values had suffered. 1896 Daily News
10 Feb. 3/4 The new French stamp.. is printed in two im-
pressions full and mezzo-tint, white spaces furnishing a third
value.
attrib. i^oz Academy 12 Apr. 392/t Replace it in the
picture, it is still a vase, but quite without value relation to
the other parts of the picture.
Value (v3e*li«), V, Forms: 5-6 valow, 6-7
valewe, vallew; walow, wallow; 6-7
7 7 Sc.
vallue, 6- value, [f. the sb. Cf, Sp. valuar^ It.
valutare,'\
1, 1. trans. To
estimate or appraise as being
worth a specified sum or amotmt. Const, a/, 'f to,
na wertu or with inf.
i4Ba Caxton Trtvisas Higden viii. i, They hadde as
moche good and Jewellys, as was valewyd to fyve bonderde
thousand motons of Gotde. X535 Coverdale Lev. xxvii. 16
It shalbe valued at fiflye Sycles of syluer. 1548 Elyot s.v.
AestimOfHc valewed it at iii. pence. x6a7 ReP. ParisJtesScotl.
(Bann. CI.) 2 We wallow it to be worth sex boHis off wictuall.
Ibid. 3 Quilkis we walow at sex bollis. 163a Lithgow Trav.
VIII- 355 Their Rings. .were valued to a hundred Chickens
of Malta. 1686 tr. Chardtn's Trav. Persia 339, I valued it
at Ten Pounds. 1731^ R. Seymour Compl. Gamester i. 27
(In the game of Codillel a Fish is generally valued at Ten
Counters, 1760-71 H. Brooke Foot 0/ Qual. (1809) I. 151
The appraisers valued the same to four pounds. 1835
. .
Tomlius' Law Diet. (ed. 4) s.v. Insurance, After stating that
the goods should be valued at so much.
t b. To
equate in value -witA something. Obs,
1560 Bible (Geneva) Job xxviii. i6 Wisdome. .shal not be
valued with the wedge of golde of Ophir, nor with the
precious onix. Ibid. 19.
2. To
estimate the value of (goods, property,
etc.) to appraise in respect of value,
;
1509-10 -4c/ I //«•«. y///, c. 20 § I Merchaundisez..to be
valued after that ihey coste at the firate byeng or achate.
15J3 FiTZHERB. BA, Survey, j b, To value what the grasse of
tlie gardens.. be worth by the ycrc.
1535 Coverdale Lev,
xxvii. 12 Y" prcst shal value it, whether it be good or bad,
a person & shal stonde at the prestes valuynge. 16^ J. Davies
it
tr, Olearins'' Voy. Ambass, 19 The Presents had not yet
been valu'd, among which was the Cabinet.., which could
not be valu'd but by them. 1755 Magens Insurances I. 197
For Labour and Wood, .which has not been valued, but put
at least at 25 Rixdollars. X780 Burke CEcon. Reform. Wks.
III. 272, I propose to have those rights of the crown valued
as manerial rights are valued on an mclosure. 187a Morley
Voltaire{\%W) 206 Voltaire got bis bill back, and the jewels
were to be duly valued.
edssol. X667 Milton P. L. viii, 571 Weigh with her thy
self; Then value.
t b. To
rate for purposes of taxation. Obs.—^
iSf^ TxiADAL& Luke ii. 1 All the woorlde shulde be valued.
VALUE,
o. With immaterial object. \ Also absol, with of,
1593 Greene Upst. Courtier Wks. (Grosart) 228 The XL
country swaines cannot value of my worth. 1643 Heming
& CoNDELL Ded. Shaks. Folio^ When we valew the places
your H. H. sustaine, we cannot but know their dignity
greater, then to descend to the reading of these trifles. 1670
Halk Contempt. 1. 513 The Lord, who can best try, And
value what is best, did pass it by.
3. To estimate or regard as having a certain value
or worth :
t a. With various constructions. Obs,
1589 Warner Alb. Eng. vr. xxix. 129 And all their Styles
together Are lesser valewed than to Hue beloued of my
Tuder. 1599 Shaks. ^/Kc/i^(/f» in. i. 53 And her wit Values
it selfe so highly, that to her All matter else seemes weake.
? 1634 Earl Stirling Anacrisis P 2, I value Language as a
Conduit. . : I compare a Poem to a Garden. _ 1661 Glanvill
Van. Dogm. xxiv. Apol. Philos. 247 The Swine may see the
Pearl, which yet he values but with the ordinary muck.
az66^ Jer. Taylor Serm.{,\tT^ 124 He must by it regulate
his life, and value it above secular regards. 1736 Leoni
AlbertVs Archit. I. 26/1 In India the Cypress is valu'd
almost equal with the Spice Trees.
+ b. With complementary predicate. Obs.
'593 Shaks, 3 Hen. VI, v, iii. 14 The Queene is valued
thiriiethousand strong. 1619 in Eng. ^ Germ. (Camden)
107 His Master is here valued to be but a silly Jesuited
soule. 1638 R. Baker tr. Balzac's Lett. (vol. II) 138 He
valewes himself to be worthy of an informer, and of com-
missioners. X737 Franklin Ess, Wks. 1840 II. 286 Caligula
valued himself a notable dancer.
C, Const. (2^ or f ^(a
specified amount). Also
without prep. Usually in negative clauses.
X614 Raleigh Hist. World iv. i. § i To value at little the
power of the Macedonians. 1667 Dryden Sir Martin
Mar-all \. i, I will not value any man's fortune at a rush,
except he have wit. 1751 Lavington Enikus. Meth, ^^
Papists itr. (1754) 42 They don't value Ignatius of a Hair.
"754 Richardson Corr. (1804) III. 218 If I am angry, you
can't help it (as much as to say you value it not a farthing).
1848 J. Grant Aide-de-C. xxiv, He would not value bis
ducats.. a rush. 1891 R. N. Bain tr. Jdkai's Pretty Michal
iv. (1897) 50 He cares not a fig for muskets, and does not
value bis life at a boot-lace.
II. 4. To consider of worth or importance ; to
rate high; to esteem ; to set store by.
1549 J- Cheke in Lett. Lit. Men
(Camden) 8 Your sight is
ful of gai things abrode, which I desire not, as things suffi*
cientli known and valewd. x5oa Greene Upst. Courtier
Wks. (Grosart) XL
227,'Though I am disdained of a few
ouerweeningfooles, I am valued as well as thy selfe with the
wise. x6oo Shaks. A. Y. L. 1. iii. 73, 1 was too yon^ that
time to value her, But now I know her. 1656 in Vemey
Mem. (1907) 1 1. 50, I hope., that you will pries that which
is most to be valewd, which is virtue. 1703 De Foe in xstk
Rep. Hist, MSS.Comm. App. IV. 62,! value theesteem of one
wise man above abundance of blessings. 1771 Junius* Lett.
liv. (1778) 293 Perhaps the example might have taught him
F. M, Perth xii. Stir not your tongue, .as you value having .
an entire tooth in your bead. x8^ Lincard Anglo-Sax,
Ch. (1858) II. 195 Instead of despising, he will approve and
value their exertions. x88o L. SrEfHEN Pope iv. 94 He
valued money, as a man values it who has been poor.
t b. To commend or praise {po another) ; to
vaunt. Obs,
1670 R. Montagu in Buccleuck MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.)
I. 473 That your Lordship may value it to their Ministers
in England, if ^ou find them complaining. X67S I6id. 513,
I have not omitted to value to them the business of the
Banquiers. a 1700 Evelyn Diar^ 23 Apr. 1646, In this
room stands the glorious inscription of Cavaliero Galeazzo
Arconati, valueing his gift to the librarie of severail draw-
Da Vinci.
ings by
f6. With negatives : To take account of ; to heed
or regard ; to be concerned about ; to care. Obs.
Freq. c 1630-1730 with various constructions.
XS9X Greene Maidens Dr. xix. But like to Scauola, for
countries good. He did not value for to spend his blood.
1634 Sir T. Herbert Travels 10 The foolish quality of
which Bird [the booby] b to sit still, not valuing danger.
166 X in Extr. St, Papers Friends S^r. ir, (1911) 125 My
opinion is thay will not vallew their Oath. 1722 De Foe
Plague (1754) 84 People infected.. valued not who they
injur'd, 17*6 Shelvocke Voy. round IVorld itjsy) 423 You
are in a condition of not valuing whether the coasts are
alarm'd or not. 1765 Earl Haddington Forest Trees 19
They do not value what soil they are set in.
6. re^, a. To pride or plume (oneself) on or t4pon
a thing, Also to a person,
"t*
1667 Pepvs Diary 27 Alay, He.. valueshimself upon
having of things do well under his hand. 1699 Bentley
Phal. 332 Mr. B. was not ashamed to write it, nay to value
himself upon *t. ax7i5 Burnet 0%vn Time (1766) I. 20
Pierpont valued himself to me upon this service he did his
country. 1748 Anson's Voy, iii.x. ^13 The calm and
patient turn of the Chinese, on which^ tney so much value
themselves. 1838 Lytton Alice 11. ii, sensible and fre« A
quent speaker, . valuing himself on not being a party man.
. . .
1855 Motley Dutch Rep. 11. v. (1866) 224 Moreover.., the
learned Doctor valued himself upon his logic
b. To think highly of (oneself)^*?/' something.
1687 T. Brown Saints in Uproar Wks. 1730 I. 75 What
sort of an animal was the dragon, which thou valuest thyself
so much for slaying ? 17*5 Portland Papers (Hist. MSS.
Comm.) VI. n8 They value themselves nere for making
very fine kid gloves for ladies. 1743 J, Morris Serm. ii.53
Those extraordinary gifts, for which the Corinthians so
highly valued themselves. 1837 J* H* Newman Par. Serm,
I. xvii. 251 Everyone is in danger of valuing himself for
what he does.*
+ 7. To give greater value to ; to raise the esti-
mation of, Obs, rare.
X614 Raleigh Hist. fVorldv, iii. § z; 431 Hanno. .and his
Partisans, being neither able to taxe the vertue of their
enemies, .. nor to pcrforme the like sexuices vnto tha
Common<weale, had nothing left, whereby to value them-
 VALUED.
sdnes, exc^ing the general! reprehension of Warre. a 1635
Naunton Fragm. Reg. (Arb.) 16 U valued her the more,.,
and it took wst with the people. 1673 Templk United
Prmf, Wks. 1720 I. 54 The same Qualities and Dispositions
do not value a private Man and a State.
TTT ( 8. To
equal in value ; to be equivalent
to. Obs,
1561 T. HoBY tr. Casiigiione's Courfyer i. (1577)
ing unto them no golde nor situer was inough to value them.
x^ MiDDLETOM Game at Cfuss 111. i, This goodness Whose
worth no transitory piece can value, a 164a Rowley BiriU
M*rUn IV. ii. What articles or what conditions Can you
expect to value half j-our wrong ? rare.
t b. esp. have the value of (so much money).
To
isn Hamme« Anc. EccL Hist. (1663) la In the Greek he
wnteth <^xM«i valuins «x half pence a piece, the hun-
dredth part of an Attick pound. i6xx Bible Mark xii. 15
A penny \marg\ Valewing of our money seuen pence halfe
penic. 1634 Sir T, Herbert Trav. 41 An English shilling
values twenlie two Pice. X658 Phillips, JuliOy a kind of
Italian coin, . .valuing about six pence.
fc. To be worth (nothing, more, etc), Obs.
X544 tr. LitiletoH*s Tenures 57 The parte of that one
valueth much more than the part of the other. x6oa
Marston Antonio's Rev. iv. i. Whose reeling censure, if
I \'alew not, It valewes naught. x6x^ Shaks. Hen. Vllly 11.
iii. 52 What wer't worth to know 'Ihe secret of your con-
ference? AnncJ^oK. your demand; it values not your
asking. x63a Lithgow Trav. ni. 113 Gold.. values more in
purest prise.Then drossc. 1799 Southev Lett. (1856) I. 69
The Maid of the Inn you selected for censure, and in my
' '
own mind it values little.
Hence Va'Iuing vbU sb.
IS3S [see Value v. 2I. xgCg Cooper Thesaurus^ Aesttma-
tio^the pris>^g or valuing of a thing. 1593 Q* Eliz.
Boeth. \. pr. iv. 12 The valuing of most, regardes more
fiwtunes event, than causes merit. x63X Stationers* Reg.
16 Nov. (Arb.) IV. 23 A
Booke for the true valewing of anie
commoditie.
Valued (vse'li»d),///. a. [f. prec]
fl. In which value is indicated. Obs."^
1605 Shaks. Macb, iii. L 94 The valued file Distinguishes
the swift, the slow, the subtle.
b. Valued policy (see quot. 1848).
X76X in Burrow Laiv Rep. II. 1171 A
valued Policy is not
to be considered as a Wager Policy. X7<S6 Ibid. IV. 69.
XS48 Arnould Marine Insur. 1. v. (1866) I. 318 A valued
policy is one in which the agreed value of the subject in-
sured, .is expressed on the face of the policy. X903 Daily
Chron: 25 Sept. 6/7 I^t. .the private individual demand a
* valued policy, and the monopoly of the big companies
* And whan Reynawde saw that that gy fte was iio riche he was
collapses.
2. Estimated, appraised ; to which a definite
value has been assigned,
X607 MiDDLETON Fam. Love x, ii. 58 Art or nature never
yet could set A
valued price to her unvalued worth. 16x3
Tapp Paihw. K'lowledge 258 Now
out of 252 H. the valued
price of 12 peeces of Linnen cloth ready money, substract
^6li.{etc.) i'js^li\^'Do\5M.i. Inst. Laws Scot. \\. 333 There
is no mention in the brieve or service of the Valued rent,
X798 in Hist. Moray (1882) I. i. 172 The valued rent is £zso-
3. Highly esteemed or appreciated.
1665 Glanvill De/ence l^an. Dogm. 79 Laertius sayes
in his [book that] the Epicureans, .were the only value^I
Secu of Philosophers. X7a5 Pope Odyssey xv. 129 This
silver bowl, ..thisvalued gift be thine. X746 Francis tr.
Horace^ Epist. i. xviii. 138 You.. boldly guard the injur'd
Fame Of a well-known, and valued Friend. X803 Visct,
Strangfobd Poems of Camoens (1810) 107 Within
bosom's cell I bear A recent wound—a valued woe. X841
D'IsRAELi Amen. Lit. (1867) 160 The exposition of a politi-
cal transaction is never without some valued results. 1856
Kjm% Arct. Expl. II. xxvii. 272^ Ibave omitted that which
was its most valued characteristic. It abounded in life.
Valueless (vse'liwles), a, [f. Value
1. Destitute of value ; having no value.
1595 Shaks. John iti. i. loi You haue beguiPd me with a
counterfeit Resembling Maiesty, which being touch 'd and
tride, Proues valuelesse. 1684 Foxe's A. Sf M. III. 102/1
The Sentence.. might not be found faulty and valueless
[earlier edd, valureless]. 178a Miss BuRNEvCtfri7/« vii.vi,
One single obstacle has power to render them valueless.
iBi^-^>a^' Leg. Montrose vi, Take them, therefore they
are to me valueless trinkets. X848 Thackeray Van. Fair
Ixvii, It was found that all his property was represented by
. .
valueless shares in different bubble companies. X87X Free-
man Hist. Ess. Ser. i. ix. 262 Like all chronicles of the kind,
it is valueless alike for prophecy and for early history.
2. Priceless, invaluable. rar£~^.
x8jo Sheh-EV Pronutk. Unb, iv. 281 Infinite mines of
adamant and gold, Valueless stonesi and unimagined gems.
Hence Va'lnelessness.
1838 Lond. <J- IVestm. Rev. XXIX. 58 The valuelessness
of all prior statistics of crime. x88x Bruce Chief End
Revelation iv. 189 The Spinozan doctrine as to the value-
lessness of miracles for the purpose of revealing God.
Valuer (v2e'li«|3i). [f. Value v^ a. One
who estimates or assesses values a valuator, b. ;
One who values, or sets a value upon something
an appreciator.
x6ix CoTGR,, Appreciateur^ a praiser, rater, valuer,
X638 R. Baker tr. Balzac's Lett. (vol. II) 66 To say
nothing more hardly of you, you are too unjust a valuer of
your selfe. _x66o tr. A
myraldits' Treat, cone. Relig. 11. viii.
366 What miserable valuers were they of its dignity. 1730
Bailey (fol). Appraiser^ a Valuer of Goods. X854 Act 17 ^
18 Vict, c 229 g 29 To appoint a valuer to value the same.
1888 Brvce Avier. Cemmw. I. 493 The varying scales on
which valuers proceed. 1893 The Voice (N. Y.) 31 Aug.,
A chairmaker . . might bring a chair, and receive from the
valuer., notes for as many hours' value [etc.].
t Valure, Also 5 valur, wallure, 6
sb. Obs.
valuer, va(l)lewer. [app. an alteration of OF.
valur or vakur Valoub, after forms in -ube.]
30
1. a. Worthiness or merit ; » Valoub I a.
X4M YoNGE tr. Secreta Secret. 139 What glory or what
valure the may be-tyde. c 1440 ipomydon 284 She saw also
by his norture, He was a man of grete valure. c 1481 Caxton
Dialogues 4 Be swyft and redy Hym or hem first to grete,
Yf he be or they be men of valure. 1577 Stanyhurst
Descr. Ireland vii. in Holinshedy I doubt not, but hys fame
G Seem- and renowme in learnyng, shall be aunswerable to his desert
j,
and valure in writyng. 1593 Wvrley Arttwrie 65 As to the
gaser well it might appeere That all the Vallewer in the
world was heere.
b. Physical strength or ability ; power, might.
"574 Hellowes G««*arrt'j Fam. Ep. (1577) 3 Of ourselues
we are so weake, and our abllitie so small, our valure so litle,
and haue so few things, that,. of our selues we haue not
what to giue. 1605 Willst Hexapia Gen. 440 Causing the
Cananites to feare his force and valure.
o. Courage, bra veiy; — Valour ic.
Common c 1580-1610.
*577"8» Breton Flourish upon Fancy Wks. (Grosart) 1.
18/2 Thy valure is but vauntes, thy weapons are but wordes.
X585 T. Washington tr. Nicholay*s Voy. iv. xiL 125 The
Arabians .. beleue that in valure & hardines they doe sur-
passe al the other nations. x6o6 Chapman Gent. Usher i.
1, This is your old valure, nephew, that will fight sleeping as
well as waking. X640-X Kirkcudbr. War-Conim. Min. Bk.
(1855) 50 Barrones and gentilmen of good soirt,.by quhas
valure the kingdome hath ever been defendit.
2. Worth, importance, efficacy. Freq. in the
phr. of no valure.
(a) c i^oo Pilgr. So7vle\. xxiv, (1859) 29 This excusacyon is
of no valure. 1509 Fisher 7 Penit.Ps. xxxviii. Wks. (1876)
81 Good hope,.. without the whiche euery thynge that we
do is of no valure. 1594 Carew Huartes Exam. Wits v.
We call memory a reasonable power, because
(1596) 61
without it the vnderstanding and the imaginatiue are of no
valure.
{b) X4S6 Sir G. Have Law Arms (S.T.S.) 214 For ellis war
it Htill of valure the privilege that the Emperour has gevin
to the hal^ kirk, a 1533 Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. A
urel.
(1546) B vib, Wordes, whiche were not mete,.. rude, and
least of valure. 1577 Harrison England 11. vi. (1877) n. 149
These [wines] are not least of all accompted of, bicause of
their strength and valure, 1596 Bell Surv. Popery 111. ix.
397 The naturall valure only of good words. Ibid.^ The
valure and just estimation of eternal life,
3. = Value sb. 2,
1453 Rolls ofParlt. V. 269/1 Decreas of the pris and valure
of the wolles. c 1489 Caxton Sonnes of Aymon xvi. 374
glad of it, bycause of yo grete valure of it. X5a3 Act 14 <$•
1 5 Hen. VIII^ c. 2 [They] shall . put to such markes to every of
.
the same wares, .upon payne of forfeyture the double valure
of the same wares. xgSS Grafton Chron. II. 387 Swearing
vntQ him that he would prouyde other for him, that should
amount to as good a valure. 1588 J. Mellis Briefe Instr.
E j, Putting the valure of them, how much they be, after the
common price in ready money.
b. In the phr. of {great, etc.) valure.
X48S Caxton Paris §• V, (1868) 7 A shelde of crystaile of
grete valure. X49x-a Sarum Church'iv. Ace. (Swayne) 41
Smalle peces of clene golde of litelle valure. 1533 Ld.
Berners Froiss. I. cccxx, 495 He reputed this aduenture
of more valure than v. hundred thousande frankes. X553
Eden Treat. New Ind. (Arb.) 14 Hys horse is iudged to_ be
of such valure if you respect ye price, as is one of our cities
1599 Hakluyt Voy. II. 234 There they put all their goods
of any valure.
my 4. =: Value sb. 4. Const, of (so much).
c 1480 Childe of Bristowe in Hazl. E. P. P. I. 124 Alle
that for me thu dos pray, helpeth me not.. the valure of a
pese, X48S Caxton Cltas. Gt. no, I double the not the
valure of an olde dede hounde. 1518 Star Chamber Cases
(Selden Soc) II. 138 Robert edward wyll spendcto the
j^.] valuer of twenty markys to helpe them with all. 1534 More
Covif. agsi. Trib. ii. Wks. 1184/1 He neuer vsed to passe
vpon himselfe the valure of six pence at a meale.
5. = Value sb. 7 b.
1597 Morley Introd. Mus. Pref., With what toyle and
wearinesse I was enforced to compare the parts for trying
out the valure of some notes.
Hence + Valure v. trans, , ^
Value v. 2. Obs.
— Also t ValTireless a., valueless. Obs. f Valurous
a.y valuable (cf. Valorous a. 3). Obs.
X487 Act 3 Hen. VII, c. 7 § 1 The nature, weight, content,
or valure of all maner other merchandises used to be weyed
or valured. XS63 Foxe A.^M. 1028/2 The sentence thereof
might not be founde fautye and valureles by me, 1586
Marlowe \st Pt. Tamburl. i. ii. Thy Garments shall be ..
Enchast with precious iuelles of mine owne : More rich and
valurous than Zenocrates.
Valure, obs, variant of Velure,
Valuwen, southern ME. var. Fallow i;.
Va-lval, a. Bot. [f. Valve sb, 3 b.] Valval
view, that aspect of a diatom in which one of the
valves is turned to the observer ; the side-view.
X89X- in Cent. Diet, and later Diets.
Valvar (vse'lvai), a. rare. [f. Valve sb. + -ar.]
Of the nature of, pertaining to, a valve.
X83X Macgillivray tr. Richard's Elem. Bot. 420 Their
calyx is superior with four or five valvar divisions, 1859
M AYNE Expos. Lex., Valvaris, of or belonging to a valve :
. .
valvar.
Valvassor, variant of Vavasour.
Valvate Bot. [ad, L. valvdt-us
(vse'lv.^t), a.
having folding-doors, valva Valve j^,]
f.
1. Of sepals or petals Applied to each other by
: the right auricle.
the margins only.
X830 LiNDLEY Nat. Syst. Bot. 51 Hamamelideae, .which are
known by their habit,., and also by their valvate sepals and
petals. X870 Hooker Stud. Flora p. xi, Malvacex :, .Sepals
5, valvate.
VALVE.
b. Of a calyx : Composed of sepals so united.
x8s8 Carpenter Veg. Phys. § 556 The calyx of the Rham-
neae being valvate (i. e. the sepals, before expanding, having
their edges in proximity with each other;. 1877 Hul.me
Wild Flowers I. p. xiii, Calyx five-partite, valvate in bud.
2. Of sestivation or vernation : Characterized by
this arrangement of parts.
x8ag LiNDLEY Synops. Brit, Bot. 72 Calyx, monophyllous,
4-5 cleft, with a valvate jestivation. 1849 Balfour Man.
Bot. § 186 Sometimes they are. .placed so as to touch each
other by their edges; thus giving ri^e to valvate vernation.
x86x Bentley Mcm. Bot. 218 The valvate sestivation may be
seen in the calyx of the Lime.
Valve (v:elv), j^.i Also 5 valwe, 7 value,
[ad, L. valva leaf of a door (usu. pi. valvx a fold-
ing door). So F. valve (1611), Pg. valva."]
I. 1. One or other of the halves or leaves of a
double or folding door.
X387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) IV. 449 At be laste ^^ey brende
^ valves of J)e temple l^et were i.heled wit gold, c X440
Promp. Parv. 508/1 Valwe, valva^ vel valve. ^ x66i Blount
Glossogr. (ed. Valves, folding doors or windows. 1718
2),
Pope Odyss. 555 The bolt, obedient to the silken cord, To
1.
the strong staple s inmost depth restored, Secured the valves.
X834 Beckford Italy 1. 326 Throwing open the valves, we
entered the chapel. 1863 Baring-Gould Iceland 280 The
outside of the valves [of the triptych] was painted with
figures of S. John the Baptist and Moses x87i B. Taylor
Faust (1875) H. 111. 164 Ye valves of yon dark iron portals !
transf. c X530 Judic. Urines i. iii. 8 For to delyuer and
purge them oule by that menibre, that is to say, by the
matryce, and so out by the value, that is to say, by y" gate
of hyr body.
b. A
door controlling the flow of water in a
sluice.
1790 Act 33 Geo, III, c. 90 § 65 If any Person . cause to be
.
opened.. any Lock Gate, or any Paddle, Valve, or Clough,
belonging to any Lock.. on the said Canal. 1847 Dwyer
Princ, ^ Pract. Hydraul. Engin. 74 The gate or valve of a
sluice is generally made to move by machinery in a vertical
position.
2. a. Conch. Oneof the halves of a hinged shell;
a single shell of similar form a single part of a ;
compound shell.
x66x Lovell Hist. Anim. 4- Min. Isagoge b 7 b, Some
are covered on every side, as oisters, cocks, and tellinse
others have but one valve, the other side sticking to rocks.
1771 Phil. Trans. LXI. 232, I separated the valves, and
the rising part of the hinge to the edge shewed them to be
shells, 1774 GoLDSM. Nat. Hist. (1776) VII. 69 These shells
take different forms, and are often composed of a different
number of valves ; sometimes six ; sometimes but three.
i8a8 Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. II. SoThe hollow valve of this
Ibid.^ The
species, .was formerly used as a drinking cup.
lower valve white, and longitudinally sulcated ; upper valve
187X T. R. Jones Anim. King. (ed. 4) 540 The
rufous.
elastic ligament for opening the valves.. being placed ex-
ternally instead of within the shelL
b. £nl. (See quot.)
& Sp. Entomol. xxxiii. III. 390 Valvx (the
1836 Kirby
Valves), two lateral laminae, often coriaceous, by which the
ovipositor when unemployed is covered.
3. Bot. a. One of the halves or sections of a
dehiscent pod, pericarp, or capsule.
1760 J. Lee Introd, Bot. 1. vi. (1765) 13 Siliqua, a Pod, is
a Pericarpium of two Valves, wherein the Seeds are fastened
along both the Sutures or Joinings of the Valves. 1796
Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 3) 1. 294 Pod long, cylindrical
.valves 2, opening with a jerk, and the valves rolling back.
.
x86x Bentley Man. Bot. 452 The valves of the fruit opening
longitudinally, and bearing transverse septa in their interior.
X870 Hooker Stud. Flora 235 Capsule globose:.. valves
septiferous.
b. In various applications (see quots.),
Martyn Lett. Bot. xiii. (1794) 130 The inner (chaff]
1785
consisting also of two parts or valves, which you may call
petals. 1796 Withering Brit. Plants {^6.. 3)1.176 Bloss[om].
X petal, funnel-shaped. Tube cylindrical, crooked... Mouth
closed by 5 prominent, convex, approaching valves. x8xa
New Bot. Gard. I. 23 The stamina have six filaments,
subulate, inserted into the valves of the nectary. x83a
LiNDLEY Introd, Bot. 104 The pieces of which these three
classes of bracteae are composed are called valves or valvulae
by the greater part of botanists. Ibid. 126 In the most
common state of the anther the cells . . open with two valves,
by a longitudinal fissure from the base to the apex. 1857
Henfrey Bot. §629 The cells (of Diatomacese] .. enclosed by
a membrane.. impregnated with silex and separable into
valves, X870 Hooker Sttid, Flora 12 Anthers opening by
3 ascending lids or valves.
II, 4. Anal. A
membranous fold in an organ or
passage of the body (esp. in the heart, arteries, and
veins), which automatically closes after the manner
of a trap-door to prevent the reflux of blood or
other fluid.
x6is Crooke Body Man iSo In each of these passages
there are Values which hinder the refluence of the choTer.
i6« More A ntid. Ath. Scholia n. xii, § 6 As to the Fabrick
of the Valves and Veins of the Heart. 1688 Boyle Final
Causes iv. 157 Our famous Harvey. .took notice that the
valves in the veins.. were so placed that they gave free
passage to the blood towards the heart. 1799 Med. Jrnl.
II. 371 This foramen in the embryo, .is closed by a valve
which prevents the reflux of the blood. 1830 R. Knox
Biclard'a Anat. 208 The valves .. close the vein, sustain the
blood, and prevent its reflux towards the capillary vessels,
X870 RoLLESTON Anim. Life p. xlv, The valves, which in
other Vertebrata guard the entrance of the great veins into
b. A
similar part or structure serving to close a
passage for other reasons,
X805 Bincley Anim. Biog. (ed. 3I I. 97 Within each [ear]
there a kind of secondary auricle so placed as to ser\-e
is . .
for a valve or guard to the auditory passage. X813 Ibid.