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Definition for VAIL
VAIL
VAIL-ED
VAIL
, v.t.
2
[Fr.
avaler
.]
To let fall. They stiffly refused to vail their bonnets. – Carew. [I believe wholly obsolete.]
To let fall; to lower; as, to vail the top-sail. [Obs.]
To let fall; to sink. [Obs.] – Shak.
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