[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

veil \veil\ v=al, 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.
   1913 webster
   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.
      1913 webster

            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 unadorn'ed golden tresses wore. --milton.
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   2. a cover; a disguise; a mask; a pretense.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster

   5. zool. same as velum, 3.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
vehicle reveal vail velum velum to take the veil 

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