VAKEEL
Va*keel", n. Etym: [Ar. wakil.]
Defn: A native attorney or agent; also, an ambassador. [India]
VALANCE Val"ance, n. Etym: [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
Val"ance, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Valanced; p. pr. & vb. n. Valancing.]
Defn: To furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings or
drapery.
His old fringed chair valanced around with party-colored worsted
bobs. Sterne.
VALE
Vale, n. Etym: [OE. val, F. val, L. vallis; perhaps akin to Gr.
Avalanche, Vail to lower, Valley.]
Defn: 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.
Note: Vale is more commonly used in poetry, and valley in prose and common discourse.