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1. \Vail\, n. & v. t.
   Same as {Veil}.
   

2. \Vail\, n. [Aphetic form of avail, n.]
   1. Avails; profit; return; proceeds. [Obs.]
            My house is as were the cave where the young outlaw
            hoards the stolen vails of his occupation.
                                                  --Chapman.
   2. An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or
      benefit; a windfall. [Obs.]
   3. Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; --
      usually in the plural. [Written also {vale}.] --Dryden.
   

3. \Vail\, v. t. [Aphetic form of avale. See {Avale}, {Vale}.]
   [Written also {vale}, and {veil}.]
   1. To let fail; to allow or cause to sink. [Obs.]
            Vail your regard Upon a wronged, I would fain have
            said, a maid!                         --Shak.
   2. To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence,
      submission, or the like.
            France must vail her lofty-plumed crest! --Shak.
            Without vailing his bonnet or testifying any
            reverence for the alleged sanctity of the relic.
                                                  --Sir. W.
                                                  Scott.
   

4. \Vail\, v. i.
   To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by
   yielding, uncovering, or the like. [Written also {vale}, and
   {veil}.] [Obs.]
         Thy convenience must vail to thy neighbor's necessity.
                                                  --South.
   

5. \Vail\, n.
   Submission; decline; descent. [Obs.]