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n a garment that covers the head and face n a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms n the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at bi…

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  1. n a garment that covers the head and face n a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms n the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) n a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl v to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil v make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing