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Vail  v. i.  (Written also vale, and veil)  To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding, uncovering, or the like. (Obs.) "Thy convenience must vail to thy neighbor's necessity."






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"Vail" Quotes from Famous Books



... sake, and forgave the slight to my counsels. At his prayer I followed the train of the queen, and hushed the proud hearts of the barons to obeisance. But since then this Dame Woodville, whom I queened, if her husband mismated, must dispute this royaulme with mine and me! A Neville, nowadays, must vail his plume to a Woodville! And not the great barons whom it will suit Edward's policy to win from the Lancastrians, not the Exeters and the Somersets, but the craven varlets, and lackeys, and dross of the camp—false alike to Henry and to Edward—are ...
— The World's Greatest Books, Vol VI. • Various

... are either against us or not with us do what they can, the right hand of the most High shall perfect the glorious begun reformation. Can all the world keep down "the Sun of Righteousness" from rising? or, being risen, can they spread a vail over it? And though they dig deep to hide their counsels, is not this a time of God's overreaching and befooling all plotting wits? They have conceived iniquity, and they shall bring forth vanity: "They have sown the wind, and they shall reap ...
— The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) • George Gillespie

... writes by this post to Mr. Procter. How beautifully Sarianna has corrected for the press my new poem! Wonderfully well, really. There is only one error of consequence, which I will ask you to correct in any copy you can—of 'rail' in the last line, to 'vail;' the allusion being of course to the Jewish temple—but as it is printed nobody can catch any meaning, I fear. They tell me that the Puseyite organ, the 'Guardian,' has been strong in ...
— The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II • Elizabeth Barrett Browning

... as goes without breakfast allers, from choice," informed Amarilly. "Miss Vail, the teacher at the Guild, ...
— Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley • Belle K. Maniates

... sleeping face made a deep impression upon me. Though I knew that with his waking the old look would come back, it was an indescribable pleasure to me to see him, if but for an instant, free from that shadowy something which dropped a vail of mistrust between us. It seemed to show me that evil was not innate in this man, and explained, if it did not justify, the weakness which had made me more lenient to what was doubtful in his appearance and character than I had ...
— The Mill Mystery • Anna Katharine Green



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