valure

Noun

valure (countable and uncountable, plural valures)

1. (obsolete) Value.
   • [H]auing before their compaſſionate ſenſe ſo paſſionate a ſpectacle, of a young man, of great beautie, beautified with great honour, honored by great valure, made of ineſtimable valure, by the noble vſing of it, to lye there languiſhing, vnder the arreſt of death, […]a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “[The Thirde Booke] The Publike Griefe Amplified. […]”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia...
   • Thus he [Toyotomi Hideyoshi], which in his youth had vſed to cut wood and carry it into the Market to ſell for his daily ſuſtenance, for his valure promoted in militarie honours, at laſt became the greateſt Monarch that Iapon had ſeene in eight hundred yeares, […]1613, Samuel Purchas, “[Asia.] Of the Islands of Iapon, and Their Religions.”, in Purchas His Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and Places Discouered, from...