VAIL

Proper noun

Vail

A surname.

A census-designated place in Arizona

A town in Colorado

A city in Iowa

Anagrams

• LAIV, VALI, Vali, Vial, Vila, vali, vial, vila

Etymology 1

Noun

vail (plural vails)

(obsolete) Profit; return; proceeds.

(chiefly, in the plural, obsolete) Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; also vale.

Etymology 2

Noun

vail (plural vails)

(obsolete) Submission.

Verb

vail (third-person singular simple present vails, present participle vailing, simple past and past participle vailed)

(intransitive, obsolete) To pay homage, bow, submit, defer (to someone or something); to yield, give way (to something).

(transitive, obsolete) To remove as a sign of deference, as a hat.

(transitive, obsolete) To lower, let fall; to allow or cause to sink.

(vexillology) (transitive, current, operational) To lower or "dip" a carried flag or banner in a salute by a forward reducing of the angle of the pike/flagstaff with respect to the ground; in extreme instances, as when saluting a monarch, both the banner and the finial of the pike are allowed to rest upon the ground.

Etymology 3

Noun

vail (plural vails)

Archaic form of veil.

Misspelling of veil.

Verb

vail (third-person singular simple present vails, present participle vailing, simple past and past participle vailed)

Archaic form of veil.

Misspelling of veil.

Anagrams

• LAIV, VALI, Vali, Vial, Vila, vali, vial, vila

Source: Wiktionary

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Vail, n. & v. t.

Definition: Same as Veil.

Vail, n. Etym: [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.

Vail, v. t. Etym: [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.

Vail, v. i.

Definition: 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.

Vail, n.

Definition: Submission; decline; descent. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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