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Webster 1913 Edition


Valise

Va-lise′

,
Noun.
[F.
valise
; cf. It.
valigia
, Sp.
balija
, LL.
valisia
,
valesia
; of uncertain origin, perhaps through (assumed) LL.
vidulitia
, from L.
vidulus
a leathern trunk; a knapsack.]
A small sack or case, usually of leather, but sometimes of other material, for containing the clothes, toilet articles, etc., of a traveler; a traveling bag; a portmanteau.

Webster 1828 Edition


Valise

VALISE

,
Noun.
A horseman's case or portmanteau.