Index of English words, starting with "va"

(1) - Vair (n.) The skin of the squirrel, much used in the fourteenth century as fur for garments, and frequently mentioned by writers of that period in describing the costly dresses of kings, nobles, and prelates. It is represented in heraldry by a series of small shields placed close together, and alternately white and blue.

(1) - Valance (v. t.) To furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings or drapery.
(2) - Valance (n.) The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk. which covers the joint when the lid is closed.
(3) - Valance (n.) Hanging drapery for a bed, couch, window, or the like, especially that which hangs around a bedstead, from the bed to the floor.

(1) - Valanced (imp. & p. p.) of Valance

(1) - Vale (n.) See 2d Vail, 3.
(2) - Vale (n.) A tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley.

(1) - Valediction (n.) A farewell; a bidding farewell.