These are the meanings of the letters VALETES when you unscramble them.
- elates (unknown)
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- Leaves (n.)
pl. of Leaf.
- Leaves (pl. )
of Leaf
- Sleave (n.)
Silk not yet twisted; floss; -- called also sleave silk.
- Sleave (n.)
The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.
- Sleave (v. t.)
To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term.
- Stelae (pl. )
of Stela
- svelte (unknown)
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- Teasel (n.)
A bur of this plant.
- Teasel (n.)
A plant of the genus Dipsacus, of which one species (D. fullonum) bears a large flower head covered with stiff, prickly, hooked bracts. This flower head, when dried, is used for raising a nap on woolen cloth.
- Teasel (n.)
Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.
- Teasel (v. t.)
To subject, as woolen cloth, to the action of teasels, or any substitute for them which has an effect to raise a nap.
- valets (unknown)
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- Velate (a.)
Having a veil; veiled.
- Vestal (a.)
A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar.
- Vestal (a.)
A virgin; a woman pure and chaste; also, a nun.
- Vestal (a.)
Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth; hence, pure; chaste.