VEIL
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Veil (v&ā;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.]
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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.
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The veil of the temple was rent in twain.
Matt. xxvii. 51.
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She, as a veil down to the slender waist,
Her unadornéd golden tresses wore.
Milton.
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2. A cover; a disguise; a mask; a pretense.
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[I will] pluck the borrowed veil of modesty from the so seeming Mistress Page.
Shak.
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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.
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4. (Eccl.) A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil.
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5. (Zo&ö;l.) Same as Velum, 3.
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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.
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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.]
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1. To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.
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Her face was veiled; yet to my fancied sight,
Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shined.
Milton.
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2. Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal.
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To keep your great pretenses veiled.
Shak.
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