·noun Submission; decline; descent.
II. Vail ·noun Avails; profit; return; proceeds.
III. Vail ·vt To let fail; to allow or cause to sink.
IV. Vail ·noun & ·vt ·same·as Veil.
V. Vail ·noun Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity;
— usually in the plural.
VI. Vail ·noun An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or benefit; a windfall.
VII. Vail ·vt To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence, submission, or the like.
VIII. Vail ·vi To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding, uncovering, or the like.