English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Result for Vail
Vail
(n. & v. t.)
Same as Veil.
Vail
(n.)
Avails; profit; return; proceeds.
Vail
(n.)
An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or
benefit; a windfall.
Vail
(n.)
Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; -- usually
in the plural.
Vail
(v. t.)
To let fail; to allow or cause to sink.
Vail
(v. t.)
To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence,
submission, or the like.
Vail
(v. i.)
To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by
yielding, uncovering, or the like.
Vail
(n.)
Submission; decline; descent.