vail

vail
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}.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]

The veil of the temple was rent in twain. --Matt. xxvii. 51. [1913 Webster]

She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadorn['e]d golden tresses wore. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

2. A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense. [1913 Webster]

[I will] pluck the borrowed veil of modesty from the so seeming Mistress Page. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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}. [1913 Webster]

4. (Eccl.) A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil. [1913 Webster]

5. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Velum}, 3. [1913 Webster]

{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. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • Vail — steht für: Vail (Berg), Berg in den Rocky Mountains Vail steht für mehrere Ort in den Vereinigten Staaten: Vail (Arizona) Vail (Arkansas) Vail (Colorado) Vail (Iowa) Vail (Michigan) Vail (Washington) im weiteren Sinn für Vail Pass, Gebirgspass in …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Vail — 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.… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Vail — Vail, v. t. [Aphetic form of avale. See {Avale}, {Vale}.] [Written also {vale}, and {veil}.] 1. To let fail; to allow or cause to sink. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Vail your regard Upon a wronged, I would fain have said, a maid! Shak. [1913 Webster] 2 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Vail — Vail, v. i. To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding, uncovering, or the like. [Written also {vale}, and {veil}.] [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Thy convenience must vail to thy neighbor s necessity. South. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Vail — es un pueblo del centro oeste de Colorado, Estados Unidos, emplazado en las Montañas Rocosas al oeste de Denver. Fue fundado como centro turístico en 1962 y construido al estilo de una villa alpina. El terreno para esquiar alrededor de la montaña …   Wikipedia Español

  • 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… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • 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 …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • 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:… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • vail — “advantage, profit,” early 15c., from vail (v.) “to be of use or service” (c.1300), from O.Fr. vail, from valoir “to be of value or worth” (see VALUE (Cf. value) (n.)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Vail — Vail, n. Submission; decline; descent. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Vail — Vail, n. & v. t. Same as {Veil}. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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