Vail

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To lower (a banner, for example).
  • v. To doff (one's hat) as a token of respect or submission.
  • verb-intransitive. To descend; lower.
  • verb-intransitive. To doff one's hat.
  • n. Obsolete Variant of veil.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. profit; return; proceeds.
  • n. submission
  • v. To yield.
  • v. To remove as a sign of deference, as a hat.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun-and-verb-transitive. Same as veil.
  • n. Avails; profit; return; proceeds.
  • n. An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or benefit; a windfall.
  • n. Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; -- usually in the plural.
  • v. To let fall; to allow or cause to sink.
  • v. To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence, submission, or the like.
  • verb-intransitive. To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding, uncovering, or the like.
  • n. Submission; decline; descent.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • See veil.
  • To profit; benefit; avail: a poetical use.
  • n. Profit; gain; produce.
  • n. An unlooked-for or casual acquisition; a windfall.
  • n. Money given to servants by a visitor; a tip: usually in the plural. Also vale.
  • To let or cast down; let fall; lower; doff, especially in token of submission.
  • To yield; give place; express respect or submission by yielding, uncovering, or otherwise; bow.
  • To drop; move down; take a lower position; slope downward.
  • n. Submission; descent; decline.
  • Word Usage
    "V. viii.7 (146,1) Even with the vail and darkening of the sun] The _vail_ is, I think, the _sinking_ of the sun; not _veil_ or _cover_."
    Verb Form
    vailed    vailing    vails   
    Variant
    veil    vale   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    avails    profit    return    proceeds    windfall    submission    decline    descent   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bayle    Braille    Dail    Dale    Gael    Gail    Galle    Gayle    Hale    Jarrell   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    overskirt    mantilla    bertha    ruff    weepers    tippet    Berthe    vun    lace-work    riband