English English Dictionary

Same as Veil.

Avails; profit; return; proceeds.

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

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

To let fail; to allow or cause to sink.

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

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

Submission; decline; descent.