Australian English Meaning of veil
veil
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Definitions and Meaning of veil in English
veil (n)
a garment that covers the head and face
a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
veil (v)
to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil
make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
veil (n.)
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.
A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
The calyptra of mosses.
A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum.
A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil.
Same as Velum, 3.
To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.
Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal.
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veil
a garment that covers the head and face, a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms, the inner membrane of embryos in hig
blanket,Cloak,Curtain,Mask,pall,Gown,shroud,wraps,cope,cover
Bare,disclose,Display,divulge,expose,present,reveal,Show,uncover,unveil
vehmic => vehme, vehmgerichte => Vehmgerichte, vehmgericht => Vehmgericht, vehme => Vehme, vehm => Vehm,
