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h. Matt. xx. 18. The thief condemned, in law already dead. Pope. No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn. Goldsmith.

To be composed or made up; -- followed by of. The land would consist of plains and valleys. T. Burnet.

crystalline, poisonous substance, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from the lily of the valley (Convallaria Majalis). Its taste is first bitter, then sweet.

The lily of the valley.

stalline glucoside, of an irritating taste, extracted from the convallaria or lily of the valley.

The principal sect of Christians in Egypt and the valley of the Nile.

A hilly upland including the divide between two valleys; a divide.

s of the genus Pomoxys, found in the rivers of the Southern United States and Mississippi valley. There are several species. [Written also croppie.]

by physical degeneracy and deformity (usually with goiter), frequent in certain mountain valleys, esp. of the Alps.

A low place between hills; a vle or valley. Where mountaines rise, umbrageous dales descend. Thomson.

One living in a dale; -- a term applied particularly to the inhabitants of the valleys in the north of England, Norway, etc. Macaulay.

The outward opening of a river, of a valley, or of a strait.

Low in situation; lying far below the general surface; as, a deep valley.

A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the valley of the Delaware River, but now mostly located in the Indian Territory.

A small, retired valley; a ravine. In dells and dales, concealed from human sight. Tickell.

The act of rolling down. [R.] The devolution of earth down upon the valleys. Woodward.

A narrow dale; a small dell; a small, secluded, and embowered valley.

Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; dusk; as, a dusky valley. Through dusky lane and wrangling mart. Keble.

r, as in position, value, etc.; to debase; to degrade; to deteriorate. [Obs.] Embased the valleys, and embossed the hills. Sylvester. Alloy in coin of gold . . . may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it. Bacon. Such pitiful embellishments of speech as serve for nothing but to embase divinity. South.…

nger time, as an army or a company traveling. The host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim. 1 Chron. xi. 15.