Vail,

11 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vail \Vail\ (v[=a]l), v. i.
     To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by
     yielding, uncovering, or the like. [Written also {vale}, and
     {veil}.] [Obs.]
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           Thy convenience must vail to thy neighbor's necessity.
                                                    --South.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vail \Vail\ (v[=a]l), n. & v. t.
     Same as {Veil}. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vail \Vail\, n. [Aphetic form of avail, n.]
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     1. Avails; profit; return; proceeds. [Obs.]
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              My house is as 'twere the cave where the young
              outlaw hoards the stolen vails of his occupation.
                                                    --Chapman.
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     2. An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or
        benefit; a windfall. [Obs.]
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     3. Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; --
        usually in the plural. [Written also {vale}.] --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vail \Vail\, n.
     Submission; decline; descent. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vail \Vail\, v. t. [Aphetic form of avale. See {Avale}, {Vale}.]
     [Written also {vale}, and {veil}.]
     1. To let fall; to allow or cause to sink. [Obs.]
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              Vail your regard
              Upon a wronged, I would fain have said, a maid!
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence,
        submission, or the like.
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              France must vail her lofty-plumed crest! --Shak.
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              Without vailing his bonnet or testifying any
              reverence for the alleged sanctity of the relic.
                                                    --Sir. W.
                                                    Scott.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Veil \Veil\ (v[=a]l), n. [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}.]
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     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.
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              The veil of the temple was rent in twain. --Matt.
                                                    xxvii. 51.
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              She, as a veil down to the slender waist,
              Her unadorn['e]d golden tresses wore. --Milton.
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     2. A cover; a disguise; a mask; a pretense.
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              [I will] pluck the borrowed veil of modesty from the
              so seeming Mistress Page.             --Shak.
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     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}.
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     4. (Eccl.) A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's
        veil; a paten veil; an altar veil.
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     5. (Zool.) Same as {Velum}, 3.
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     {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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Veil \Veil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Veiled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Veiling}.] [Cf. OF. veler, F. voiler, L. velarc. See {Veil},
     n.] [Written also {vail}.]
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     1. To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.
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              Her face was veiled; yet to my fancied sight,
              Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shined.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal.
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              To keep your great pretenses veiled.  --Shak.
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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Vail, AZ
    Zip code(s): 85641
  Vail, CO (town, FIPS 80040)
    Location: 39.63948 N, 106.35770 W
    Population (1990): 3659 (6102 housing units)
    Area: 12.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 81657
  Vail, IA (city, FIPS 80130)
    Location: 42.05976 N, 95.20060 W
    Population (1990): 388 (176 housing units)
    Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 51465

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Vail, AZ -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Arizona
     Population (2000):    2484
     Housing Units (2000): 906
     Land area (2000):     18.205051 sq. miles (47.150863 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    18.205051 sq. miles (47.150863 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            78540
     Located within:       Arizona (AZ), FIPS 04
     Location:             32.001939 N, 110.700286 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     85641
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Vail, AZ
      Vail
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Vail, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
     Population (2000):    4531
     Housing Units (2000): 5389
     Land area (2000):     4.535670 sq. miles (11.747331 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    4.535670 sq. miles (11.747331 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            80040
     Located within:       Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
     Location:             39.635757 N, 106.362984 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     81657
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Vail, CO
      Vail
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Vail, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
     Population (2000):    452
     Housing Units (2000): 196
     Land area (2000):     0.559407 sq. miles (1.448857 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.559407 sq. miles (1.448857 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            80130
     Located within:       Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
     Location:             42.061061 N, 95.202423 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     51465
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Vail, IA
      Vail