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Veiling   /vˈeɪlɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Veil  v. t.  (past & past part. veiled; pres. part. veiling)  (Written also vail)  
1.
To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil. "Her face was veiled; yet to my fancied sight, Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shined."
2.
Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal. "To keep your great pretenses veiled."


noun
Veiling  n.  A veil; a thin covering; also, material for making veils.





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"Veiling" Quotes from Famous Books



... the night was dark, drifting clouds veiling the moon at times, while the stars lay hidden behind mists and vapors, making the conditions suitable for those who wished to scout and spy upon an enemy, as fierce and implacable ...
— The Keepers of the Trail - A Story of the Great Woods • Joseph A. Altsheler
... grief took possession of Demeter, and, in her anger against Zeus, she forsook the assembly of the gods and abode among men, for a long time veiling her beauty under a worn countenance, so that none who looked upon her knew her, until she came to the house of Celeus, who was then king of Eleusis. In her sorrow, she sat down at the wayside by the virgin's well, where the people of Eleusis come to draw water, under the shadow of an ...
— Greek Studies: A Series of Essays • Walter Horatio Pater
... efforts were fruitless, and the tide ebbing rapidly, Winslow ordered several of his soldiers down into the mud to assist her search. Veiling their reluctance the men obeyed, and the ooze was explored to the very water's edge. At length, realizing that the departure could not safely be longer delayed, Winslow ordered the quest ...
— Earth's Enigmas - A Volume of Stories • Charles G. D. Roberts
... red—supported by figures of angels in the attitude of prayer, veiling their eyes with their wings, reposed the unarmed head of the warrior:—his feet uncrossed rested on the image of a dog, crouching on a broken horn, seeming faithfully to gaze at the face of ...
— A Love Story • A Bushman
... re-echoed her admiration, for the effect was really one of extraordinary magnificence. The declining sun was once more veiling the immensity of Paris with golden dust. But this was no longer the city of the sower, a chaos of roofs and edifices suggesting brown land turned up by some huge plough, whilst the sun-rays streamed over it like ...
— The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete - Lourdes, Rome and Paris • Emile Zola


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