Chem. Also -yle. [f. VALER-IAN + -YL.] ‘The radicle of valeric acid and its derivatives’ (Watts).

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1852.  W. Gregory, Handbk. Org. Chem. (ed. 3), 236. Hydrated oxide of valeryle. Ibid., 237. The compounds of amyle and valeryle.

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1868.  Watts, Dict. Chem., V. 981. The bromide, chloride, &c. of valeryl.

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