1. veil - Noun
2. veil - Verb
Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face.
The calyptra of mosses.
A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum.
A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil.
Same as Velum, 3.
To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.
Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA compliment is like a kiss through a veil. Victor Hugo
A bride at her second marriage does not wear a veil. She wants to see what she is getting. Helen Rowland
The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance. John Rawls
Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness. Alfred Nobel
Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.' Edgar Allan Poe
Of what use is the veil if you are going to dance. Hindi Proverb