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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Vail(l, Val(e, Wail, Wal(e, v. [ME and e.m.E. veyl(e (Wyclif), veil(le (Trevisa), vayl (1582), vaile (1589), OF veler, voiller, L. vēlāre.] tr. a. Of a garment: To cover (a person). b. To cover (a person) with a garment. c. ? Of a garment: To be covered or veiled with the same material of which it is made or ? a further example of Wal(e v. to choose. d. fig. —a. 1513 Doug. viii i 33.
A lenȝe watry garmond dyd hym vaill [Ruddim. wail] —b. 1513 Doug. xii xiii 218.
Hir hed valit [Ruddim. walit] with a haw claith or blew —c. 1538 Treas. Acc. VI 410.
For xj quarteris blak lukis velvet to be the kingis grace ane pair of hois walit with the self —d. 1681 Cloud of Witnesses (1714) 12.
That being beguiled, it was in things that were vailed and busked with some pretences to God's glory