Veil

  • 31VEIL — Video Encoded Invisible Light, abgek. VEIL (veil engl. Schleier, Verschleierung), ist ein Kopierschutzverfahren für bewegte Bilder, welches das Abfilmen von urheberrechtlich geschützten Spielfilmen von einem Monitor verhindern soll. Es wird… …

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  • 32veil — 1. noun a) 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 diaphanous material, to hide or protect the face. Beckett complains that in the forest …

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  • 33veil — [13] The ultimate source of veil is Latin vēlum ‘sail, curtain, veil’, and English acquired it via Anglo Norman veile. To reveal something is etymologically to ‘remove a veil’ from it. => REVEAL …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 34veil — [[t]veɪl[/t]] n. 1) clo a piece of opaque, transparent, or mesh material worn over the face for concealment or protection or to enhance the appearance 2) clo rel a piece of material worn so as to fall over the head and shoulders on each side of… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 35veil — [13] The ultimate source of veil is Latin vēlum ‘sail, curtain, veil’, and English acquired it via Anglo Norman veile. To reveal something is etymologically to ‘remove a veil’ from it. Cf.⇒ REVEAL …

    Word origins

  • 36veil — Caul Caul (k[add]l), n. [OE. calle, kelle, prob. fr. F. cale; cf. Ir. calla a veil.] 1. A covering of network for the head, worn by women; also, a net. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) The fold of membrane loaded with fat, which covers more or… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 37veil — I. n. 1. Screen, shade, curtain, cover. 2. Cover, disguise, mask, visor, blind, cloak, screen. II. v. a. 1. Screen, cover with a veil, throw a veil over. 2. Cover, invest, envelop. 3. Cover, hide, mask, conceal, disguise, screen, cloak, shroud …

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  • 38veil — Vail 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.] [1913 Webster] Vail your regard Upon a wronged, I would fain have said, a maid! Shak. [1913… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 39veil — Vail 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.] [1913 Webster] Thy convenience must vail to thy neighbor s necessity. South. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 40veil — 1. SYN: velum (1). 2. SYN: caul (1). [L. velum] aqueduct v. a membrane obstructing the sylvian aqueduct, causing a noncommunicating hydrocephalus. Jackson v. SYN: Jackson membrane. Sattler v. a …

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