vails

[Vail]

Submission; decline; descent.

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Same as Veil.


n. & v. t.
Same as Veil.

n.
Avails; profit; return; proceeds.

n.
An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or benefit; a windfall.

n.
Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; -- usually in the plural.

v. t.
To let fail; to allow or cause to sink.

v. t.
To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence, submission, or the like.

v. i.
To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding, uncovering, or the like.

n.
Submission; decline; descent.


Vail

Vail , n. & v. t. Same as Veil.

Vail

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

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.]
Thy convenience must vail to thy neighbor's necessity.

Vail

Vail, n. Submission; decline; descent. [Obs.]

Same as Veil.

Avails; profit; return; proceeds.

To let fail; to allow or cause to sink.

To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding, uncovering, or the like.

Submission; decline; descent.

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