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Webster's Dictionary

Vail

(1):

(v. t.) To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence, submission, or the like.

(2):

(n.) Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; - usually in the plural.

(3):

(n.) An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or benefit; a windfall.

(4):

(v. i.) To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding, uncovering, or the like.

(5):

(n.) Avails; profit; return; proceeds.

(6):

(n.) Submission; decline; descent.

(7):

(n. & v. t.) Same as Veil.

(8):

(v. t.) To let fail; to allow or cause to sink.