vail¹ an obsolete spelling of veil

vail² /vāl/ (archaic)

1. To lower, let down
2. To doff in salutation or submission

1. To lower a sail
2. To lift one's hat
3. To yield
4. To do homage (Shakespeare)
5. To go down
6. To abate

Setting

vail³ /vāl/ (archaic)

To profit, avail

(usu in pl; also vales) a tip, perquisite, dole, or bribe

• luculent
• luculently
• Lucullan
• Lucullean
• Lucullian
• Lucullic
• lucuma
• lucumas
• lucumo
• lucumones
• lucumos
• Lucy Stoner
• lud
• Luddism
• Luddite
• Ludditism
• luderick
• ludericks
• ludic
• ludically
• ludicrous
• ludicrously
• ludicrousness
• ludicrousnesses
• ludo