[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

vail \vail\ v=al, v. i.
   to yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by
   yielding, uncovering, or the like. written also vale, and
   veil. obs.
   1913 webster

         thy convenience must vail to thy neighbor's necessity.
                                                  --south.
   1913 webster
see also:
vale veil 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

vail \vail\, n. aphetic form of avail, n.
   1913 webster
   1. avails; profit; return; proceeds. obs.
      1913 webster

            my house is as 'twere the cave where the young
            outlaw hoards the stolen vails of his occupation.
                                                  --chapman.
      1913 webster

   2. an unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or
      benefit; a windfall. obs.
      1913 webster

   3. money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; --
      usually in the plural. written also vale. --dryden.
      1913 webster
see also:
vale 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

vail \vail\, v. t. aphetic form of avale. see avale, vale.
   written also vale, and veil.
   1. to let fall; to allow or cause to sink. obs.
      1913 webster

            vail your regard
            upon a wronged, i would fain have said, a maid
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence,
      submission, or the like.
      1913 webster

            france must vail her lofty-plumed crest --shak.
      1913 webster

            without vailing his bonnet or testifying any
            reverence for the alleged sanctity of the relic.
                                                  --sir. w.
                                                  scott.
      1913 webster
see also:
avale vale vale veil 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

vale \vale\ v=al, n. oe. val, f. val, l. vallis; perhaps
   akin to gr. 'e`los 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.
   1913 webster

         beyond this vale of tears there is a life above.
                                                  --montgomery.
   1913 webster

         in those fair vales, by nature formed to please.
                                                  --harte.
   1913 webster

   note: vale is more commonly used in poetry, and valley in
         prose and common discourse.
         1913 webster

   syn: valley; dingle; dell; dale.
        1913 webster
see also:
avalanche vail valley 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

vale \vale\, n.
   see 2d vail, 3.
   1913 webster
see also:
vail 

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

vale
     n : a long depression in the surface of the land that usually
         contains a river syn: valley
see also:
valley 

[7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

37 moby thesaurus words for "vale":
   earth, gaea, ge, tellus, terra, biosphere, bottom, bottom glade,
   bottoms, combe, dale, dell, dingle, gap, geography, geosphere,
   gill, glen, globe, grove, intervale, lunar rill, mother earth,
   pass, ravine, strath, terra, terrestrial globe, the blue planet,
   this pendent world, trench, trough, vale of tears, valley, wadi,
   whole wide world, world

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

vale, nc
  zip codes: 28168
vale, or city, fips 76600
  location: 43.98311 n, 117.24053 w
  population 1990: 1491 627 housing units
  area: 2.7 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 97918
vale, sd
  zip codes: 57788

[9] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

vale, or -- u.s. city in oregon
   population 2000:    1976
   housing units 2000: 724
   land area 2000:     1.082773 sq. miles 2.804369 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1.082773 sq. miles 2.804369 sq. km
   fips code:            76600
   located within:       oregon or, fips 41
   location:             43.982237 n, 117.243483 w
   zip codes 1990:     97918
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    vale, or
    vale

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