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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.

An invitation of friends to drink ale at some poor man's house, and there to contribute in charity for his relief. [Prov. Eng.]

Designating furniture designed, or like that designed, by Thomas Chippendale, an English cabinetmaker of the 18th century. Chippendale furniture was generally of simple but graceful outline with delicately carved rococo ornamentation, sculptured either in the solid wood or, in the cheaper specimens, separately and glue…

One of a breed of heavy draft horses originally from Clydesdale, Scotland. They are about sixteen hands high and usually brown or bay.

One of a breed of small silky-haired terriers related to, but smaller than, the Skye terrier, having smaller and perfectly erect ears.

A farthingale. [Obs.]

A drinking bout in which every one pays an equal share. [Obs.]

An aboriginal tribe inhabiting the southern part of Kamtschatka.

A reformed prostitute.

A medicine in the form of a roll, a esp. a roll of plaster.

A small medal.

A toxic alkaloid (ptomaine) obtained from putrid flesh and from herring brines. As a poison it is said to execute profuse diarrhoea, vomiting, and intestinal inflammation. Brieger.

A leopard. [Obs.] Spenser.

A Danish coin worth about fifty-four cents. It was former unit of value in Denmark.

A Swedish coin worth about twenty-seven cents. It was formerly the unit of value in Sweden.

A Dutch silver coin, worth about $1.00.

Wearing sandals. The measured footfalls of his sandaled feet. Longfellow.

Vars. of Odal, etc. Obs. exc. in Shetland and the Orkney Islands, where udal designates land held in fee simple without any charter and free of any feudal character.

In the Shetland and Orkney Islands, one who holds property by udal, or allodial, right. Sir W. Scott.