vail
/veษชl/IPA: /V EY1 L/
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Profit; return; proceeds.
- 2
(chiefly in the plural) Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; also vale.
- 1
Submission.
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To pay homage, bow, submit, defer (to someone or something); to yield, give way (to something).
- 2
To remove as a sign of deference, as a hat.
- 3
To lower, let fall; to allow or cause to sink.
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(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.
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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.
- 2
A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
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The calyptra of mosses.
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A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
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A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)
โa nun's veilโ
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Velum (A circular membrane round the cap of medusa)
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A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
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An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.
- 1
To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.
- 2
To conceal as with a veil.
โThe forest fire was veiled by smoke, but I could hear it clearly.โ
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