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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
veil
n 1: a garment that covers the head and face [syn: head
covering, veil]
2: a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body
of certain mushrooms [syn: veil, velum]
3: the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates
(especially when covering the head at birth) [syn: caul,
veil, embryonic membrane]
4: a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman
Catholic Church; a silk shawl [syn: humeral veil, veil]
v 1: to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil; "women in
Afghanistan veil their faces" [ant: unveil]
2: make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or
concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat" [syn:
obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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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6. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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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7. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016) |
VEIL
Video Encoded Invisible Light Technology (VEIL)
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Thesaurus Results for veil:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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