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devall, v. Now only Sc.|dɪˈvɔːl|
Forms: 5–6 deuale, 6 deuaill, dewall, 7–9 devall, 9 deval, devaul, devawl.
[a. F. dévaler, OF. devaler to descend = Pr. devalar, davalar, It. divallare:—Rom. *devallare, f. L. de- I. 1 down + vallis valley: cf. avale v.]
Hence devalling vbl. n. and ppl. a.
†1. intr. To move downwards, sink, fall, descend, set (as the sun). Obs.
c1477Caxton Jason 25 b, The sonne began to deuale in to the Weste. 1481― Myrr. ii. ix. 88 He.. deualeth down into the water. 1501Douglas Pal. Hon. i. vi, Thy transitorie plesance quhat auaillis? Now thair, now heir, now hie, and now deuaillis. 1597Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 83, I saw an river rin..Dewalling and falling Into that pit profound. 1632Lithgow Trav. ix. 392 marg., The combustious devalling of ætnæs fire. Ibid. x. 506 Devalling floods.
†b. To lower the body, stoop. Obs.
1513Douglas æneis x. vii. 58 As onwar he stowpyt, and devalyt.
†c. To slope downwards: as a line or surface.
1632Lithgow Trav. v. 210 This Petrean Countrey..devalling even downe to the limits of Jacob's bridge. Ibid. viii. 365 The..devalling faces of two hills. 1645Siege of Newcastle (1820) 14 A number of narrow devalling lanes.
†2. trans. To lower. Obs.
1501Douglas Pal. Hon. ii. liii, And euerie wicht..Thankand greit God, their heidis law deuaill.
3. intr. To cease, stop, leave off. mod.Sc.
a1774Fergusson Poems (1789) II. 99 (Jam.) Devall then, Sirs, and never send For daintiths to regale a friend. 1822Galt Sir. A. Wylie II. x. 92 She ne'er devauls jeering me. 1827Scott Let. 26 Apr. in Lockhart, I have not till to-day devauled from my task. 1891‘H. Haliburton’ Ochil Idylls 20 Sair dings the rain upon the road, It dings,—an nae devallin' o't.
Hence devall n. Sc., ‘a stop, cessation, intermission’ (Jamieson).
1802Sibbald Gloss., Without devald, without ceasing. |