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Definition of 'vail'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .
Noun
( en-noun)
(obsolete) profit; return; proceeds.
* Chapman
- My house is as were the cave where the young outlaw hoards the stolen vails of his occupation.
(chiefly|in the plural|obsolete) Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; also vale .
- (Dryden)
Etymology 2
Aphetic form of
Noun
( en-noun)
(obsolete) submission
Verb
( en-verb)
(obsolete) To yield.
* South
- Thy convenience must vail to thy neighbor's necessity.
(obsolete) To remove as a sign of deference, as a hat.
* Shakespeare
- France must vail her lofty-plumed crest!
* Sir Walter Scott
- without vailing his bonnet or testifying any reverence for the alleged sanctity of the relic
To let fall; to allow or cause to sink.
* Shakespeare
- Vail your regard / Upon a wronged, I would fain have said, a maid!
Etymology 3
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Similar to 'vail'vowel, vel, veal, veil, vol, vill, veel, viol, vial, vell, voyol
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