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veiling


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Veil  \Veil\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Veiled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Veiling}.]  [Cf.  OF  veler,  F.  voiler,  L.  velarc.  See  {Veil}, 
  n.]  [Written  also  {vail}.] 
  1.  To  throw  a  veil  over  to  cover  with  a  veil. 
 
  Her  face  was  veiled;  yet  to  my  fancied  sight,  Love, 
  sweetness,  goodness,  in  her  person  shined.  --Milton. 
 
  2.  Fig.:  To  invest;  to  cover;  to  hide;  to  conceal. 
 
  To  keep  your  great  pretenses  veiled.  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Veiling  \Veil"ing\,  n. 
  A  veil;  a  thin  covering;  also  material  for  making  veils. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  veiling 
  n  :  a  transparent  fabric  with  a  loose  open  weave  [syn:  {gauze}, 
  {netting}] 




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