vail.
Profit; return; proceeds.
Meaning & usage
Profit; return; proceeds.
Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; also vale.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English vayle, from Old French vail, from valoir (“to be worth”), from Latin valeō (“to be worth”).
Submission.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English valen; either from Anglo-Norman valer or a clipping of avalen. Compare avale.
To lower, let fall; to allow or cause to sink.
To lower or “dip” a carried flag or banner in a salute by a forward reducing of the angle of the pike/flagstaff with respect to the ground; in extreme instances, as when saluting a monarch, both the banner and the finial of the pike are allowed to rest upon the ground.
To lower a sail, in salute or otherwise.
To remove as a sign of deference, as a hat.
To pay homage, bow, submit, defer (to someone or something); to yield, give way (to something).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English valen; either from Anglo-Norman valer or a clipping of avalen. Compare avale.
Archaic form of veil.
Misspelling of veil.
Archaic form of veil.
Misspelling of veil.
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