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Meaning of vails
noun
- Profit; return; proceeds.
- (chiefly in the plural) Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; also vale.
noun
- Submission.
verb
- To pay homage, bow, submit, defer (to someone or something); to yield, give way (to something).
- To remove as a sign of deference, as a hat.
- To lower, let fall; to allow or cause to sink.
- (vexillology) (current, operational) To lower or "dip" a carried flag or banner in a salute by a forward reducing of the angle of the pike/flagstaff with respect to the ground; in extreme instances, as when saluting a monarch, both the banner and the finial of the pike are allowed to rest upon the ground.
noun
- Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.
- A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
- The calyptra of mosses.
- A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
- A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head) Example: a nun's veil
verb
- To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.
- To conceal as with a veil. Example: The forest fire was veiled by smoke, but I could hear it clearly.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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