[f. prec.]
1. trans. and intr. Of birds: To greet with song, to sing, at mating-time. (Cf. prec. 3 d.)
1851. Meredith, Pastorals, Poems, 104. Shall the birds in vain then valentine their sweethearts? Ibid. (1885), Thrush in Feb., i. I know him, February’s thrush, And loud at eve he valentines.
2. intr. (See quots.) dial.
1854. Miss Baker, Northampt. Gloss., 373. Valentining, children going from house to house, the morning of St. Valentine’s day, soliciting small gratuities.
1864. Children’s Prize, Feb., 22. The little fellow had cried bitterly till she had given him leave to go ‘Valentining.’
