英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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Veil
(n.)
Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and
hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze,
crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face.
Veil
(n.)
A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
Veil
(n.)
The calyptra of mosses.
Veil
(n.)
A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom
with the stalk; -- called also velum.
Veil
(n.)
A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten
veil; an altar veil.
Veil
(n.)
Same as Velum, 3.
Veil
(n.)
To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.
Veil
(n.)
Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal.
Veiled
(imp. & p. p.)
of Veil
Veiled
(a.)
Covered by, or as by, a veil; hidden.
Veiling
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Veil
Veiling
(n.)
A veil; a thin covering; also, material for making veils.
Veilless
(a.)
Having no veil.
Vein
(n.)
One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or
arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2.
Vein
(n.)
One of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf.
Vein
(n.)
One of the ribs or nervures of the wings of insects. See
Venation.
Vein
(n.)
A narrow mass of rock intersecting other rocks, and filling
inclined or vertical fissures not corresponding with the
stratification; a lode; a dike; -- often limited, in the language of
miners, to a mineral vein or lode, that is, to a vein which contains
useful minerals or ores.
Vein
(n.)
A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other
substance.
Vein
(n.)
A streak or wave of different color, appearing in wood, and
in marble and other stones; variegation.
Vein
(n.)
A train of association, thoughts, emotions, or the like; a
current; a course.