Vail

Definition of Vail

Pronunciation: vāl

n. & v. t.	1.	Same as Veil.
n.	1.
	1.	Avails; profit; return; proceeds. My house is as 'twere the cave where the young outlaw hoards the stolen vails of his occupation. - Chapman.
	2.	An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or benefit; a windfall.
	3.	Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; - usually in the plural.
v. t.	1.	To let fall; to allow or cause to sink. Vail your regard Upon a wronged, I would fain have said, a maid! - Shak.
	2.	To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence, submission, or the like. France must vail her lofty-plumed crest! - Shak. Without vailing his bonnet or testifying any reverence for the alleged sanctity of the relic. - Sir. W. Scott.
v. i.	1.	To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding, uncovering, or the like. Thy convenience must vail to thy neighbor's necessity. - South.
n.	1.	Submission; decline; descent.

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