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▪ I. obvallate, a. Nat. Hist.|ɒbˈvælət|
[ad. L. obvallāt-us, pa. pple. of obvallāre: see next.]
Walled up; surrounded as by a rampart.
1846Dana Zooph. (1848) 497 This species..differs in its obvallate cells. 1857Mayne Expos. Lex., Obvallātus,..applied to opposed leaves when they are disposed by spiral pairs, so that these cut or cross themselves at an acute angle, as the Globulea obvallata: obvallate.
▪ II. † obˈvallate, v. Obs. rare—1.
[f. L. obvallāt-, ppl. stem of obvallā-re to surround with a wall, f. ob- (ob- 1 a) + vallāre to intrench.]
trans. To surround with, or as with, a wall or entrenchment.
1623Cockeram, Obuallate, to compasse about with a trench. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 284 Which it obvallates with pricks supernally devolved.
Hence † obvaˈllation. Obs. rare—0.
1658Phillips, Obvallation, an invironing or encompassing with a trench. |
