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 diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face.
A cover; a disguise; a mask; a pretense.
A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum.
A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil.
To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.
Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal.
Square of colored cloth used to cover the chalice.
The portion of the dog's forelock hanging straight down over the eyes or partially covering them.
A covering (see Chalice Veib).
Black fabric that is used to cover a Saudi Arabian Muslim woman's face. The material can be sheer or thick.
a membranous extension of the head.
adpressed or (in most cases) loosely attached (easy to wipe), granular, woolly or felty flocks covering the surface of the pileus or hairy squamules, radially ordened at the surface. In some cases the veil, then made up of adpressed, hairy squamules are not to wipe (like in C. comatus, the Shaggy Ink Cap).
a garment that covers the head and face
the inner embryonic membrane of higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil; "women in Afghanistan veil their faces"
make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"
a lovely accessory for your dancing and can also be used as a costume cover-up in between performances
an article of clothing meant to partially or completely obscure the face, usually that of a woman
A covering for the Chalice.
a piece of lace or net used to cover the head or conceal the face.
The covering for the Chalice and Paten, used at the beginning and end of the Divine Liturgy.
A covering (see Chalice Veil).
a thin membrane covering the gills during the development of the toadstool
A veil, in botany, is one of several structures in fungi, especially the thin membrane that covers the cap and stalk of an immature mushroom.http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/veil.html Encarta Dictionary