veil
veil: n. & v. --n.
1 a piece of usu. more or less transparent fabric attached to a woman's hat etc., esp. to conceal the face or protect against the sun, dust, etc.
2 a piece of linen etc. as part of a nun's head-dress, resting on the head and shoulders.
3 a curtain, esp. that separating the sanctuary in the Jewish Temple.
4 a disguise; a pretext; a thing that conceals (under the veil of friendship; a veil of mist).
5 Photog. slight fogging.
6 huskiness of the voice.
7 = VELUM. --v.tr.
1 cover with a veil.
2 (esp. as veiled adj.) partly conceal (veiled threats). beyond the veil in the unknown state of life after death. draw a veil over avoid discussing or calling attention to. take the veil become a nun. veilless adj. [ME f. AF veil(e), OF voil(e) f. L vela pl. of VELUM]
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