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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

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Valance

Valance (valance)
n.(?)
Val"ance
[Perhaps fr. OF. avalant descending, hanging down, p. pr. of avaler to go down, let down, descent (cf. Avalanche); but probably from the town of Valence in France.]

  1. Hanging drapery for a bed, couch, window, or the like, especially that which hangs around a bedstead, from the bed to the floor.
    [Written also valence.]

    Valance of Venice gold in needlework. Shak.

  2. The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk. which covers the joint when the lid is closed.

Valance

Valance (valance)
v. t.
Val"ance
  1. To furnish with a valance] to decorate with hangings or drapery.

    His old fringed chair valanced around with party- colored worsted bobs. Sterne.













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