val|lum

val|lum
val|lum «VAL uhm», noun, plural -la.
a wall or raart of earth, sods, or stone, erected as a permanent means of defense, especially one of those constructed by the Romans in northern England and central Scotland: »

He would walk round the ancient vallum…and wonder at the mechanical skill which could have moved such ponderous masses (John Lubbock).

[< Latin vallum rampart; see etym. under vallate (Cf.vallate)]

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  • val — ab·la·ti·val; ac·cu·sa·ti·val; ad·jec·ti·val; aero·na·val; aes·ti·val; agen·ti·val; an·ti·lar·val; ar·chi·val; bi·val·via; ca·cio·ca·val·lo; can·a·val·ia; car·ni·val; car·ni·val·esque; ca·val·la; ca·val·let·ti; che·val; chi·val·ric;… …   English syllables

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  • vallum — 1. [NA] Any raised, more or less circular ridge. 2. The slightly raised outer wall of the circular depression, or fossa, surrounding a vallate papilla of the tongue. [L. a rampart, fr. vallus, a stake] v. unguis [TA] SYN: nail wall. * * * val·lum …   Medical dictionary

  • Intervalla — Intervallum In ter*val lum, n.; pl. {Intervallums}, L. {Intervalla}. [L.] An interval. [R.] [1913 Webster] And a shall laugh without intervallums. Shak. [1913 Webster] In one of these intervalla. Chillingworth. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Intervallum — In ter*val lum, n.; pl. {Intervallums}, L. {Intervalla}. [L.] An interval. [R.] [1913 Webster] And a shall laugh without intervallums. Shak. [1913 Webster] In one of these intervalla. Chillingworth. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Intervallums — Intervallum In ter*val lum, n.; pl. {Intervallums}, L. {Intervalla}. [L.] An interval. [R.] [1913 Webster] And a shall laugh without intervallums. Shak. [1913 Webster] In one of these intervalla. Chillingworth. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Valla — Vallum Val lum, n.; pl. L. {Valla}, E. {Vallums}. [L. See {Wall}.] (Rom. Antiq.) A rampart; a wall, as in a fortification. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Vallum — Val lum, n.; pl. L. {Valla}, E. {Vallums}. [L. See {Wall}.] (Rom. Antiq.) A rampart; a wall, as in a fortification. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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