vail

n. Submission; decline; descent. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aphetic form of avail, n. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Avails; profit; return; proceeds. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

My house is as 'twere the cave where the young outlaw hoards the stolen vails of his occupation. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or benefit; a windfall. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; -- usually in the plural. [ Written also vale. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Aphetic form of avale. See Avale, Vale. ] [ Written also vale, and veil. ] 1. To let fall; to allow or cause to sink. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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

2. To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence, submission, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

France must vail her lofty-plumed crest! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Without vailing his bonnet or testifying any reverence for the alleged sanctity of the relic. Sir. W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]