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VEIL
caul, veil, embryonic membrane
(noun) the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
veil, velum
(noun) a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide
(verb) make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; “a hidden message”; “a veiled threat”
veil
(verb) to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil; “women in Afghanistan veil their faces”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
veil (plural veils)
Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.
A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
The calyptra of mosses.
A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)
(zoology) velum (A circular membrane round the cap of medusa)
(mycology) A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.
Verb
veil (third-person singular simple present veils, present participle veiling, simple past and past participle veiled)
(transitive) To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.
(transitive) To conceal as with a veil.
Anagrams
• Levi, Viel, evil, live, vile, vlei
Source: Wiktionary
Veil, n. Etym: [OE. veile, OF. veile, F. voile, L. velum a sail, covering, curtain, veil, probably fr. vehere to bear, carry, and thus originally, that which bears the ship on. See Vehicle, and cf. Reveal.] [Written also vail.]
1. 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. The veil of the temple was rent in twain. Matt. xxvii. 51. She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadornéd golden tresses wore. Milton.
2. A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense. [I will] pluck the borrowed veil of modesty from the so seeming Mistress Page. Shak.
3. (Bot.) (a) The calyptra of mosses. (b) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum.
4. (Eccl.)
Definition: A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil.
5. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Same as Velum, 3. To take the veil (Eccl.), to receive or be covered with, a veil, as a nun, in token of retirement from the world; to become a nun.
Veil, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Veiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Veiling.] Etym: [Cf. OF. veler, F. voiler, L. velarc. See Veil, n.] [Written also vail.]
1. To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil. Her face was veiled; yet to my fancied sight, Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shined. Milton.
2. Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal. To keep your great pretenses veiled. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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