·noun The calyptra of mosses.
II. Veil ·noun ·same·as Velum, 3.
III. Veil ·noun A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
IV. Veil ·noun To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.
V. Veil ·noun A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil.
VI. Veil ·noun A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk;
— called also velum.
VII. Veil ·noun Fig.: To invest; to Cover; to Hide; to Conceal.
VIII. Veil ·noun Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; ·esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face.