About The Word Veil
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Veil
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What's The Definition Of Veil?
[n] a garment that covers the head and face
[n] a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl [n] the inner embryonic membrane of higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) [v] to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil; "a conspiracy of silence veiling it" Synonyms | Synonyms for Veil: caul | embryonic membrane | head covering | humeral veil Related Terms | Find terms related to Veil: See Also | chadar | chaddar | chador | chuddar | conceal | cover | fetal membrane | garment | hide | placenta | vestment | yashmac | yashmak Veil In Webster's Dictionary \Veil\ (v[=a]l), n. [OE. veile, OF. veile, F. voile, L.
velum a sail, covering, curtain, veil, probably fr. vehere to
bear, carry, and thus originally, that which bears the ship
on. See {Vehicle}, and cf. {Reveal}.] [Written also {vail}.]
1. 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.
The veil of the temple was rent in twain. --Matt.
xxvii. 51.
She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her
unadorn['e]d golden tresses wore. --Milton.
2. A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
[I will] pluck the borrowed veil of modesty from the
so seeming Mistress Page. --Shak.
3. (Bot.)
(a) The calyptra of mosses.
(b) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a
mushroom with the stalk; -- called also {velum}.
4. (Eccl.) A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's
veil; a paten veil; an altar veil.
5. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Velum}, 3.
{To take the veil} (Eccl.), to receive or be covered with, a
veil, as a nun, in token of retirement from the world; to
become a nun.
\Veil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Veiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Veiling}.] [Cf. OF. veler, F. voiler, L. velarc. See {Veil}, n.] [Written also {vail}.] 1. To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil. Her face was veiled; yet to my fancied sight, Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shined. --Milton. 2. Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal. To keep your great pretenses veiled. --Shak. |
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