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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Vail \Vail\ (v[=a]l), n. & v. t.
Same as Veil. [Obs.]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Vail \Vail\, n. [Aphetic form of avail, n.]
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1. Avails; profit; return; proceeds. [Obs.]
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My house is as 'twere the cave where the young
outlaw hoards the stolen vails of his occupation.
--Chapman.
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2. An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or
benefit; a windfall. [Obs.]
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3. Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; --
usually in the plural. [Written also vale.] --Dryden.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Vail \Vail\, n.
Submission; decline; descent. [Obs.]
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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) |
Vail, AZ -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Arizona
Population (2000): 2484
Housing Units (2000): 906
Land area (2000): 18.205051 sq. miles (47.150863 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 18.205051 sq. miles (47.150863 sq. km)
FIPS code: 78540
Located within: Arizona (AZ), FIPS 04
Location: 32.001939 N, 110.700286 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 85641
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Vail, AZ
Vail
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9. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) |
Vail, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
Population (2000): 4531
Housing Units (2000): 5389
Land area (2000): 4.535670 sq. miles (11.747331 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.535670 sq. miles (11.747331 sq. km)
FIPS code: 80040
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 39.635757 N, 106.362984 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 81657
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Vail, CO
Vail
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10. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) |
Vail, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 452
Housing Units (2000): 196
Land area (2000): 0.559407 sq. miles (1.448857 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.559407 sq. miles (1.448857 sq. km)
FIPS code: 80130
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 42.061061 N, 95.202423 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 51465
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Vail, IA
Vail
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