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Pronunciation : Vail
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Same as Veil.

& v. t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Vail
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Aphetic form of avail, n.]
Definition : 1. Avails; profit; return; proceeds. [Obs.] My house is as were the cave where the young outlaw hoards the stolen vails of his occupation. Chapman.

2. An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or benefit; a windfall. [Obs.]

3. Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; -- usually in the plural. [Written also vale.] Dryden.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Vail
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Aphetic form of avale. See Avale, Vale.] [Written also vale, and veil.]
Definition : 1. To let fail; to allow or cause to sink. [Obs.] Vail your regard Upon a wronged, I would fain have said, a maid! Shak.

2. To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence, submission, or the like. France must vail her lofty-plumed crest! Shak. Without vailing his bonnet or testifying any reverence for the alleged sanctity of the relic. Sir. W. Scott.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Vail
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding, uncovering, or the like. [Written also vale, and veil.] [Obs.] Thy convenience must vail to thy neighbor's necessity. South.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Vail
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Submission; decline; descent. [Obs.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913