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Definition vail

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French vail, from valoir (“to be worth”), from Latin vale? (“I am worth”).

Noun

vail (plural vails)

  1. (obsolete) Profit; return; proceeds.
  2. (chiefly in the plural, obsolete) Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; also vale.

Etymology 2

Aphetic form of avale.

Noun

vail (plural vails)

  1. (obsolete) Submission.
Verb

vail (third-person singular simple present vails, present participle vailing, simple past and past participle vailed)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To pay homage, bow, submit, defer (to someone or something); to yield, give way (to something).
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To remove as a sign of deference, as a hat.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To lower, let fall; to allow or cause to sink.
  4. (vexillology) (transitive, current, operational) To lower or "dip" a carried flag or banner in a salute by a forward reducing of the angle of the pike/flagstaff with respect to the ground; in extreme instances, as when saluting a monarch, both the banner and the finial of the pike are allowed to rest upon the ground.

Etymology 3

Noun

vail (plural vails)

  1. Archaic form of veil.
  2. Misspelling of veil.
Verb

vail (third-person singular simple present vails, present participle vailing, simple past and past participle vailed)

  1. Archaic form of veil.
  2. Misspelling of veil.

Results 418 Words with the letters VAIL

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8 letter words with the letters VAIL 
7 letter words with the letters VAIL 
6 letter words with the letters VAIL 
ALEVIN 12
ALVINE 12
ANVILS 12
AVAILS 11
AVIDLY 14
CAVILS 14
CLIVIA 14
ELUVIA 12
FLAVIN 15
GAVIAL 13
GLAIVE 13
JOVIAL 20
LAVING 14
LAVISH 13
OGIVAL 13
RIVALS 11
SALIVA 11
SALVIA 11
SILVAE 11
SILVAN 12
SILVAS 11
VAGILE 13
VAILED 12
VAINLY 14
VAKILS 15
VALINE 12
VALISE 11
VEINAL 12
VENIAL 12
VIABLE 14
VIABLY 16
VIALED 12
VILLAE 12
VILLAS 12
VINALS 12
VINEAL 12
VIOLAS 11
VISUAL 12
VITALS 11
VIZSLA 20
WAVILY 16
5 letter words with the letters VAIL 
ALIVE 10
ANVIL 11
AVAIL 10
CAVIL 13
CLAVI 13
NIVAL 11
RIVAL 10
SILVA 10
VAILS 10
VAKIL 14
VALID 11
VIALS 10
VILLA 11
VINAL 11
VIOLA 10
VIRAL 10
VITAL 10
VOILA 10
4 letter words with the letters VAIL 
VAIL 9
VIAL 9
3 letter words with the letters VAIL 
AIL 4
LAV 8
VIA 7
2 letter words with the letters VAIL 
AI 2
AL 3
LA 3
LI 3

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