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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Transparent :: Transparent (a.) Admitting the passage of light; open; porous; as, a transparent veil..
Headdress :: Headdress (n.) A manner of dressing the hair or of adorning it, whether with or without a veil, ribbons, combs, etc..
Velate :: Velate (a.) Having a veil; veiled.
Veil :: Veil (n.) Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal.
Domino :: Domino (n.) A mourning veil formerly worn by women.
Veiled :: Veiled (a.) Covered by, or as by, a veil; hidden..
Disenshrouded :: Disenshrouded (a.) Freed from a shroudlike covering; unveiled.
Veil :: Veil (n.) Same as Velum, 3..
Velum :: Velum (n.) A veil-like organ or part.
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..
Reveal :: Reveal (v. t.) To make known (that which has been concealed or kept secret); to unveil; to disclose; to show.
Levet :: Levet (n.) A trumpet call for rousing soldiers; a reveille.
Veil :: Veil (n.) A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
Vail :: Vail (n. & v. t.) Same as Veil.
Cover :: Cover (n.) Anything which veils or conceals; a screen; disguise; a cloak.
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..
Calyptra :: Calyptra (n.) A little hood or veil, resembling an extinguisher in form and position, covering each of the small flasklike capsules which contain the spores of mosses; also, any similar covering body..
Beteela :: Beteela (n.) An East India muslin, formerly used for cravats, veils, etc..
Wimple :: Wimple (v. t.) To clothe with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; hence, to hoodwink..
Veiling :: Veiling (n.) A veil; a thin covering; also, material for making veils..
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