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Vail \Vail\, v. t. [Aphetic form of avale. See {Avale}, {Vale}.]
[Written also {vale}, and {veil}.]
1. To let fall; to allow or cause to sink. [Obs.]
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Vail your regard
Upon a wronged, I would fain have said, a maid!
--Shak.
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2. To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence,
submission, or the like.
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France must vail her lofty-plumed crest! --Shak.
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Without vailing his bonnet or testifying any
reverence for the alleged sanctity of the relic.
--Sir. W.
Scott.
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Vail \Vail\ (v[=a]l), v. i.
To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by
yielding, uncovering, or the like. [Written also {vale}, and
{veil}.] [Obs.]
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Thy convenience must vail to thy neighbor's necessity.
--South.
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Veil \Veil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Veiled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Veiling}.] [Cf. OF. veler, F. voiler, L. velarc. See {Veil},
n.] [Written also {vail}.]
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1. To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.
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Her face was veiled; yet to my fancied sight,
Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shined.
--Milton.
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2. Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal.
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To keep your great pretenses veiled. --Shak.
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Veil \Veil\ (v[=a]l), n. [OE. veile, OF. veile, F. voile, L.
velum a sail, covering, curtain, veil, probably fr. vehere to
bear, carry, and thus originally, that which bears the ship
on. See {Vehicle}, and cf. {Reveal}.] [Written also {vail}.]
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1. Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view,
and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen,
usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to
hide or protect the face.
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The veil of the temple was rent in twain. --Matt.
xxvii. 51.
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She, as a veil down to the slender waist,
Her unadorn['e]d golden tresses wore. --Milton.
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2. A cover; a disguise; a mask; a pretense.
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[I will] pluck the borrowed veil of modesty from the
so seeming Mistress Page. --Shak.
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3. (Bot.)
(a) The calyptra of mosses.
(b) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a
mushroom with the stalk; -- called also {velum}.
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4. (Eccl.) A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's
veil; a paten veil; an altar veil.
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5. (Zool.) Same as {Velum}, 3.
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{To take the veil} (Eccl.), to receive or be covered with, a
veil, as a nun, in token of retirement from the world; to
become a nun.
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Caul \Caul\ (k[add]l), n. [OE. calle, kelle, prob. fr. F. cale;
cf. Ir. calla a veil.]
1. A covering of network for the head, worn by women; also, a
net. --Spenser.
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2. (Anat.) The fold of membrane loaded with fat, which covers
more or less of the intestines in mammals; the great
omentum. See {Omentum}.
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The caul serves for the warming of the lower belly.
--Ray.
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3. A part of the amnion, one of the membranes enveloping the
fetus, which sometimes is round the head of a child at its
birth; -- called also a {veil}.
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It is deemed lucky to be with a caul or membrane
over the face. This caul is esteemed an infallible
preservative against drowning . . . According to
Chrysostom, the midwives frequently sold it for
magic uses. --Grose.
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I was born with a caul, which was advertised for
sale, in the newspapers, at the low price of fifteen
guineas. --Dickens.
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