Category:Vail

Vail, n. & v. t.

Defn: same as veil.

Vail Vail, n. Etym: [aphetic form of avail, n.]

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.

Vail Vail, v. t. Etym: [aphetic form of avale. See avale, vale.] [written Also vale, and veil.]

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.

Vail Vail, v. i.

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.

Vail Vail, n.

Defn: submission; decline; descent. [obs.]