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VAILS
Noun
vails
plural of vail
Verb
vails
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vail
Anagrams
• Alvis, Salvi, Silva, Slavi, Sliva, Vasil, Vials, Vilas, silva, valis, vials, vilas
Source: Wiktionary
VAIL
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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