vail to lower, to let fall, MEASURE FOR MEASURE, v. 1. 20; THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, v. 2.
176; 2 HENRY IV., i. 1.
129; 1 HENRY VI., v. 3.
25; CORIOLANUS, iii. 1.
98; PERICLES, ii. 3.
42;
“Vail to her mistress Dian,”
PERICLES, iv. Gower, 29
(=do homage);
“vailed,”
HAMLET, i. 2. 70
; VENUS AND ADONIS, 956;
“vailing,”
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, i. 1.
28
;
“angels vailing clouds”
LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, v. 2.
297
(
“letting those clouds which obscured their brightness sink
from before them,”
JOHNSON)
;
“vails,”
VENUS AND ADONIS, 314
.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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