Definition of veil

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Veil (n.) Same as Velum, 3..

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Overvail :: Overvail (v. t.) See Overveil.
Silken :: Silken (a.) Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; as, silken cloth; a silken veil..
Veil :: Veil (n.) Same as Velum, 3..
Veil :: Veil (n.) A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
Surveillant :: Surveillant (n.) One who watches over another; an overseer; a spy; a supervisor.
Shroud :: Shroud (n.) To cover, as with a shroud; to protect completely; to cover so as to conceal; to hide; to veil..
Unveil :: Unveil (v. t.) To remove a veil from; to divest of a veil; to uncover; to disclose to view; to reveal; as, she unveiled her face..
Wimple :: Wimple (v. t.) To draw down, as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits, as a veil..
Cover :: Cover (n.) Anything which veils or conceals; a screen; disguise; a cloak.
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..
Velum :: Velum (n.) See Veil, n., 3 (b)..
Veil :: Veil (n.) To throw a veil over; to cover with 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..
Nun :: Nun (n.) A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head.
Beteela :: Beteela (n.) An East India muslin, formerly used for cravats, veils, etc..
Veiling :: Veiling (n.) A veil; a thin covering; also, material for making veils..
Unvail :: Unvail (v. t. & i.) See Unveil.
Disenshrouded :: Disenshrouded (a.) Freed from a shroudlike covering; unveiled.
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..
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..
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