Vale (?), n. [OE. val, F. val, L. vallis; perhaps akin to Gr. low ground, marsh meadow. Cf. Avalanche, Vail to lower, Valley.]
A tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley.
" Make me a cottage in the
vale."
Tennyson.
Beyond this vale of tears there is a life above.
Montgomery.
In those fair vales, by nature formed to please.
Harte.
⇒ Vale is more commonly used in poetry, and valley in prose and common discourse.
Syn. -- Valley; dingle; dell; dale.
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Vale, n.
See 2d Vail, 3.
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