n. [ It. vallonia, vallonea, fr. NGr. balania`, balanidia`, the holm oak, bala`ni, balani`di, an acorn, Gr. ba`lanos. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The acorn cup of two kinds of oak (Quercus macrolepis, and Quercus vallonea) found in Eastern Europe. It contains an abundance of tannin, and is much used by tanners and dyers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Perhaps named from its resemblance to an acorn. ] (Bot.) A genus of marine green algae, in which the whole frond consists of a single oval or cylindrical cell, often an inch in length. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. valour, OF. valor, valur, valour, F. valeur, LL. valor, fr. L. valere to be strong, or worth. See Valiant. ] [ Written also valour. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Value; worth. [ Obs. ] “The valor of a penny.” Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Strength of mind in regard to danger; that quality which enables a man to encounter danger with firmness; personal bravery; courage; prowess; intrepidity. [ 1913 Webster ]

For contemplation he and valor formed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

When valor preys on reason,
It eats the sword it fights with. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fear to do base, unworthy things is valor. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A brave man; a man of valor. [ R. ] Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Courage; heroism; bravery; gallantry; boldness; fearlessness. See Courage, and Heroism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pg. valorizacão. ] Act or process of attempting to give an arbitrary market value or price to a commodity by governmental interference, as by maintaining a purchasing fund, making loans to producers to enable them to hold their products, etc.; -- used chiefly of such action by Brazil. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Cf. F. valeureux, LL. valorosus. ] Possessing or exhibiting valor; brave; courageous; valiant; intrepid. -- Val"or*ous*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]