VEILS
Noun
veils
plural of veil
Anagrams
• Elvis, Levi's, Levis, LĂ©vis, Viels, evils, lives, slive, vleis, vlies
Source: Wiktionary
VEIL
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.
VEIL
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