va|le

vale¹ «vayl», noun.

1. valley: »

o'er vale and mountain (Wordsworth).

2. the world regarded as a place of sorrow or tears, or the scene of life: »

my dear friends and brethren in this vale of tears (Thackeray).

╂[< Old French val < Latin vallis]

va|le² «VAY lee, VAH lay», interjection, noun.

–interj.

good-by; farewell.

–n.

1. a good-by; a farewell: »

I am going to make my vales to you for some weeks (Shakespeare).

2. a farewell greeting, letter, or gift.

╂[< Latin valē, imperative of valēre to fare well]