Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
OE. veile, OF. veile, F. voile, L. velum, a sail, covering, curtain, veil, probably fr. vehere, to bear, carry, and thus originally, that which bears the ship on. See Vehicle, and cf. Reveal
In literature:
It was enough if he could keep his divinities in sight, following the flutter of Miss Holland's veil.
"The Creators" by May Sinclair
Noel could note her mental processes and comprehend them as he saw her put up her hand to loosen her thick veil.
"A Beautiful Alien" by Julia Magruder
The veiled lady stood motionless as a statue and watched the scene.
"The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851" by Various
Put on the cap, and tie a heavy veil upon it.
"Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall" by Jean K. Baird
She was there, just within his doorway; the pale glimmer of the veiled moon fell upon her.
"Shapes that Haunt the Dusk" by Various
She has taken the veil.
"The Dop Doctor" by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
Circumstances, however, are sometimes so extraordinary that a veiled lady becomes an object of concern to everybody.
"Anderson Crow, Detective" by George Barr McCutcheon
The veil is membranous and forms a persistent ring on the stem.
"The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise" by M. E. Hard
THE VEIL OF BEATRICE (Der Schleier der Beatrice); a drama in five acts; 1899 (1900).
"The Lonely Way--Intermezzo--Countess Mizzie" by Arthur Schnitzler
The morning was awful cold; before we got to Lexington Avenue the veil was stiff on my face.
"Phemie Frost's Experiences" by Ann S. Stephens
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In poetry:
Blue, deeply blue, they are,
Gloriously bright!
Veiling thy wastes afar
With colour'd light.
"Roman Girl's Song" by Felicia Dorothea Hemans
There is a source for every stream,
A cause for every woe,
But veiled in mist they often seem
To mortals here below.
"The Youthful Villager And The Hermit" by James Madison Bell
'O may Britannia never hear
What these sad eyes have seen!
May an eternal veil be drawn
That world and this between!
"A Tale" by John Logan
And entranced by this strange nearness,
I look through her dark veil,
And see an enchanted shore
And a horizon enchanted.
"Unknown Woman" by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok
Now the sun is sinking fast,
Twilight's shadows veil the skies,
And the loveliest and the last
Beam of gentle evening dies.
"Evening" by John Bowring
For veils of hope before Thee drawn,
For mists that hint the immortal coast
Hid in Thy farthest, faintest dawn, —
My God, for these I thank Thee most.
"The Immortal Voyager" by Lucy Larcom
In news:
How many times has President Bush raised the specter (whether veiled or not) of military action.
When I center down trying hard, desperately, to pierce the veil, I can almost imagine a presence like one which sat by dark Poe.
In fact, Alabama head coach Nick Saban made a veiled complaint about the quick snapping earlier this month, wondering whether it would lead to more defensive injuries.
Like the dance of the seven veils, concealing your garden views can make the revealing all the more fun.
Constitutional amendment proposal a thinly veiled attempt at protecting Ambassador Bridge monopoly.
Legislature TIRRC Denounces Ketron's " Thinly Veiled Attack on Muslims" — But What About Finney's Version.
Thinly veiled racism in St Bernard Parish blocks fair housing.
BLACK VEIL BRIDES guitarist Jinxx will guest on the track "Never Be Sober" for the band Modelsaint.
At least that's what appears to be going on in the new video for "Veil of Isis".
Lifting the Veil on a Realm .
Duke Energy's CEO Jim Rogers issued a veiled threat to the NC Utilities Commission: if they don't approve the 7.2 percent rate increase his company requested Duke could move their corporate headquarters to another state.
Black Veil Brides Premiere New Music Video, "In The End".
The Sword Premiere 'Veil of Isis' From Upcoming Album Apocryphon.
Physicians Formula Bronze Booster Self -Tanning Bronzing Veil.
Veiled Voices Dr Su'ad Saleh and Grand Sheikh Tantawi PBS.
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In science:
Tom Troland reported on Zeeman observations of the Orion Veil.
Conference Summary: The Cosmic Agitator - Magnetic Fields in the Galaxy
The basic geometry of the veil from Abel et al. (2004) is that of two neutral hydrogen sheets (e.g., see their Fig. 2) that give rise to components A and B in absorption.
Conference Summary: The Cosmic Agitator - Magnetic Fields in the Galaxy
Because this ‘veiling’ is an extra source of continuum emission, it fills in stellar absorption lines.
Low Mass Star Formation in the Taurus-Auriga Clouds
At low resolution, the absorption lines are almost completely veiled by a strong, blue continuum and many emission lines.
Low Mass Star Formation in the Taurus-Auriga Clouds
Recognizing this, I must conclude that, contrary to first impressions, Weatherall’s thinly veiled criticism of my work is entirely vacuous.
Whither All the Scope and Generality of Bell's Theorem?
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