Veil, vb. to cover with a veil or curtain: Merch. III, 2, 99. Tw. I, 1, 28. Cor. II, 1, 231. Metaphorically, to conceal, to disguise: “and --ed in them, did win whom he would maim,” Compl. 312. “to keep your great pretences --ed,” Cor. I, 2, 20. “if I have --ed my look,” Caes. I, 2, 37. In Meas. IV, 6, 4 O. Edd. to vail full purpose; some M. Edd. to v. full p.; others to vailful p.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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