Definition of veil

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Veil (n.) To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.

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Calyptra :: Calyptra (n.) A little hood or veil, resembling an extinguisher in form and position, covering each of the small flasklike capsules which contain the spores of mosses; also, any similar covering body..
Nun :: Nun (n.) A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head.
Veiled :: Veiled (a.) Covered by, or as by, a veil; hidden..
Overveil :: Overveil (v. t.) To veil or cover.
Veiling :: Veiling (n.) A veil; a thin covering; also, material for making veils..
Transparent :: Transparent (a.) Admitting the passage of light; open; porous; as, a transparent veil..
Surveillant :: Surveillant (n.) One who watches over another; an overseer; a spy; a supervisor.
Cover :: Cover (n.) Anything which veils or conceals; a screen; disguise; a cloak.
Unvail :: Unvail (v. t. & i.) See Unveil.
Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc..
Veil :: Veil (n.) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum.
Veilless :: Veilless (a.) Having no veil.
Vele :: Vele (n.) A veil.
Surveillant :: Surveillants (pl. ) of Surveillan.
Unveil :: Unveil (v. t.) To remove a veil from; to divest of a veil; to uncover; to disclose to view; to reveal; as, she unveiled her face..
Wimple :: Wimple (v. t.) To draw down, as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits, as a veil..
Velum :: Velum (n.) See Veil, n., 3 (b)..
Silken :: Silken (a.) Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; as, silken cloth; a silken veil..
Barege :: Barege (n.) A gauzelike fabric for ladies' dresses, veils, etc. of worsted, silk and worsted, or cotton and worsted..
Levet :: Levet (n.) A trumpet call for rousing soldiers; a reveille.
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