vail
n. & v. t.
- Same as Veil.
n.
- Avails; profit; return; proceeds.
- An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or benefit; a windfall.
- Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; -- usually in the plural.
- Submission; decline; descent.
v. t.
- To let fail; to allow or cause to sink.
- To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence, submission, or the like.
v. i.
- To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding, uncovering, or the like.