Vail

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  • intransitive verb. To lower (a banner, for example).
  • intransitive verb. To doff (one's hat) as a token of respect or submission.
  • intransitive verb. To descend; lower.
  • intransitive verb. To doff one's hat.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Profit; gain; produce.
  • noun. An unlooked-for or casual acquisition; a windfall.
  • noun. Money given to servants by a visitor; a tip: usually in the plural. Also vale.
  • noun. Submission; descent; decline.
  • 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.
  • To profit; benefit; avail: a poetical use.
  • See veil.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Submission; decline; descent.
  • Same as veil.
  • transitive verb. To let fall; to allow or cause to sink.
  • transitive verb. To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence, submission, or the like.
  • noun. Avails; profit; return; proceeds.
  • noun. An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or benefit; a windfall.
  • noun. Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; -- usually in the plural.
  • intransitive verb. To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding, uncovering, or the like.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. profit; return; proceeds.
  • noun. submission
  • verb. To yield.
  • verb. To remove as a sign of deference, as a hat.