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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. (n.) Submission; decline; descent.