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 11 definitions foundFrom The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Vail \Vail\, noun Submission; decline; descent. [Obs.] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Vail \Vail\, noun & verb (used with an object) Same as {Veil}. [Obs.] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Vail \Vail\, noun [Aphetic form of avail, noun] 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. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Vail \Vail\, verb (used with an object) [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. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Vail \Vail\, verb (used without an object) 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. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Veil \Veil\ (v[=a]l), noun [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 unadorn['e]d 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.) A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil. 5. (Zo["o]l.) 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. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Veil \Veil\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Veiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Veiling}.] [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. 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 |
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