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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Veiling :: Veiling (n.) A veil; a thin covering; also, material for making veils..
Disenshrouded :: Disenshrouded (a.) Freed from a shroudlike covering; unveiled.
Overveil :: Overveil (v. t.) To veil or cover.
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..
Surveillant :: Surveillant (n.) One who watches over another; an overseer; a spy; a supervisor.
Veil :: Veil (n.) Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal.
Shroud :: Shroud (n.) To cover, as with a shroud; to protect completely; to cover so as to conceal; to hide; to veil..
Veil :: Veil (n.) 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..
Pretend :: Pretend (v. t.) To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden..
Illusion :: Illusion (n.) A plain, delicate lace, usually of silk, used for veils, scarfs, dresses, etc..
Veiled :: Veiled (imp. & p. p.) of Vei.
Veil :: Veil (n.) Same as Velum, 3..
Veil :: Veil (n.) A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil..
Veiling :: Veiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vei.
Unveil :: Unveil (v. i.) To remove a veil; to reveal one's self.
Veiled :: Veiled (a.) Covered by, or as by, a veil; hidden..
Levet :: Levet (n.) A trumpet call for rousing soldiers; a reveille.
Veilless :: Veilless (a.) Having no veil.
Undrape :: Undrape (v. t.) To strip of drapery; to uncover or unveil.
Domino :: Domino (n.) A mourning veil formerly worn by women.
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