Defn: See Valencia.
VALENTINE
Val"en*tine, n.
1. A sweetheart chosen on St. Valentine's Day.
2. A letter containing professions of love, or a missive of a sentimental, comic, or burlesque character, sent on St. Valentine's Day. St. Valentine's Day, a day sacred to St. Valentine; the 14th of February. It was a very old notion, alluded to by Shakespeare, that on this day birds begin to mate. Hence, perhaps, arose the custom of sending love tokens at that time.
VALENTINIAN
Val`en*tin"i*an, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: One of a school of Judaizing Gnostics in the second century; — so called from Valentinus, the founder.
VALERAMIDE
Val`er*am"ide, n. Etym: [Valeric + amide.] (Chem.)
Defn: The acid amide derivative of valeric acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.
VALERATE
Val"er*ate, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of valeric acid.