Thesaurus: vail

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1. n. & v. t. Same as Veil.
2. n. Avails; profit; return; proceeds.
3. n. An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or benefit; a windfall.
4. n. Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; -- usually in the plural.
5. v. t. To let fail; to allow or cause to sink.
6. v. t. To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence, submission, or the like.
7. v. i. To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding, uncovering, or the like.
8. n. Submission; decline; descent.
9. Same as Veil. 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. 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. 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. Submission; decline; descent. [Obs.]
10. n. & v. t. Same as Veil. n. Avails; profit; return; proceeds. n. An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or benefit; a windfall. n. Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; -- usually in the plural. v. t. To let fail; to allow or cause to sink. v. t. To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence, submission, or the like. v. i. To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding, uncovering, or the like. n. Submission; decline; descent.