valancedadj.
/ˈvalənst/, /ˈvaln̩st/, U.S. /ˈvælənst/ a. Provided or furnished with a valance or draped edging of a specified material.
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valanced1548
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ixv The compas of the Pauilion above, enbroudered rychely, and valenced with flat golde, beten in wyre.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccvijv A clothe of estate..valanced with frettes.
1591 in Gentleman's Mag. (1779) 121 The Canapie was of greene satten,..valenced about and fringed with greene silke and siluer.
1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xxix. 142 An old set-stitch'd chair, valanced and fringed around with party-colour'd worsted bobs.
1825 W. Scott Betrothed xi, in Tales Crusaders I. 202 [The pavilion] was of purple silk, valanced with gold embroidery, having the cords of the same rich materials.
b. transferred. Also elliptical, fringed with hair.
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ruggedc1330
hairedc1380
hairya1400
hairish1570
valanced1603
capillary1656
crinal1656
crinose1727
hirsute1823
piliform1826
capilliform1835
trichoid1867
1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 426 What my olde friend, thy face is vallanced [1604 valanct] Since I saw thee last, com'st thou to beard me in Denmarke?
1817 M. Keating Trav. I. 113 Men, barbons, whose faces have been long vallanced, act the parts of women.
1853 G. J. Cayley Las Alforjas II. 179 A broad and nobly-cut brow, valanced with shaggy eyebrows, overhung serious, deep-set eyes.
1892 Speaker 29 Oct. 533/1 A tall-masted schooner rode grandly in between the Heads, valanced with foam.
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