Veil

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster

Veil - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

VEIL, n. [L. velum.

1. A cover; a curtain; something to intercept the view and lude an object.

2. A cover; a disguise. [See Vail. The latter orthography gives the Latin pronunciation as well as the English, and is to be preferred.

VEIL, v.t.

1. To cover with a veil; to conceal.

2. To invest; to cover.

3. To hide. [See Vail.]

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Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

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