Vail

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪl
• Homophones: vale, veil

Aphetic form of avail

Full definition of vail

Noun

1. (obsolete) profit; return; proceeds.
• ChapmanMy house is as were the cave where the young outlaw hoards the stolen vails of his occupation.
2. (chiefly in the plural, obsolete) Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; also vale.

Aphetic form of avale

Noun

1. (obsolete) submission

Verb

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To yield.
• SouthThy convenience must vail to thy neighbor's necessity.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To remove as a sign of deference, as a hat.
• ShakespeareFrance must vail her lofty-plumed crest!
• Sir Walter Scottwithout vailing his bonnet or testifying any reverence for the alleged sanctity of the relic
3. To let fall; to allow or cause to sink.
• ShakespeareVail your regard
  Upon a wronged, I would fain have said, a maid!

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Anagrams

• LAIV
• vial
• vila