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valanced, ppl. a.|ˈvælənst|
Also 6–7 valenced (6 -ensed), 7, 9 vallanced.
[f. as prec.]
Provided or furnished with a valance or draped edging of a specified material.
a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VIII, 9 b, The compas of the Pauilion above, enbroudered rychely, and valenced with flat golde, beten in wyre. Ibid. 207 b, A clothe of estate..valanced with frettes. 1591in Gentl. Mag. (1779) 121 The Canapie was of greene satten,..valenced about and fringed with greene silke and siluer. 1760Sterne Tr. Shandy iii. xxix, An old set-stich'd chair, valanced and fringed around with party-coloured worsted bobs. 1825Scott Betrothed xi, [The pavilion] was of purple silk, valanced with gold embroidery, having the cords of the same rich materials.
b. transf. Also ellipt., fringed with hair.
1602Shakes. Ham. ii. ii. 403 What my olde Friend, thy face is vallanced [Q.2 valanct'] Since I saw thee last, com'st thou to beard me in Denmarke? 1817Keatinge Trav. I. 113 Men, barbons, whose faces have been long vallanced, act the parts of women. 1853G. J. Cayley Las Alforjas II. 179 A broad and nobly-cut brow, valanced with shaggy eyebrows, overhung serious, deep-set eyes. 1892Speaker 29 Oct. 533/1 A tall-masted schooner rode grandly in between the Heads, valanced with foam. |