Definition of veil

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Veil (n.) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum.

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Overvail :: Overvail (v. t.) See Overveil.
Barege :: Barege (n.) A gauzelike fabric for ladies' dresses, veils, etc. of worsted, silk and worsted, or cotton and worsted..
Tulle :: Tulle (n.) A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for veils, etc..
Veil :: Veil (n.) Same as Velum, 3..
Surveillants :: Surveillance (n.) Oversight; watch; inspection; supervision.
Nun :: Nun (n.) A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head.
Tissue :: Tissue (n.) A fine transparent silk stuff, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures..
Cover :: Cover (n.) Anything which veils or conceals; a screen; disguise; a cloak.
Veil :: Veil (n.) Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal.
Mantilla :: Mantilla (n.) A kind of veil, covering the head and falling down upon the shoulders; -- worn in Spain, Mexico, etc..
Veilless :: Veilless (a.) Having no veil.
Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc..
Wimple :: Wimple (v. t.) To clothe with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; hence, to hoodwink..
Illusion :: Illusion (n.) A plain, delicate lace, usually of silk, used for veils, scarfs, dresses, etc..
Vele :: Vele (n.) A veil.
Disenshrouded :: Disenshrouded (a.) Freed from a shroudlike covering; unveiled.
Wimple :: Wimple (v. t.) To draw down, as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits, as a veil..
Reveille :: Reveille (n.) The beat of drum, or bugle blast, about break of day, to give notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise, and for the sentinels to forbear challenging..
Veiled :: Veiled (a.) Covered by, or as by, a veil; hidden..
Velum :: Velum (n.) See Veil, n., 3 (b)..
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