Vail (?), n. & v. t.
Same as Veil.
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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.
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.
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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!
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.
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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.
South.
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Vail, n.
Submission; decline; descent.
[Obs.]
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