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VAIIi.<br />
Vaifsr, obs. Sc f. Waveb v. Vaig, obs, Sc.<br />
f. Vagl'e, Wage. Vaik(e, later ff. Vakk ». Sc,\ i<br />
obs. Sc ff. Wake r., Weak a. and r.<br />
Vail (v^*l)i J^-^ Now arcA. or dial. Forms :<br />
a. 5 vayUCe, 5-7 vayle ; 5 Sc, waill(e, waile,<br />
6-7 vaile, 6- vail (6 ^^r. vaill), 9 dial, vaail; 6<br />
voyle, 7 Telle, 8 veiL ^. 5-9 vale. [f. Vail vX<br />
Cf. Avail sb^<br />
I, fL Advantage, benefit, profit. Obs,<br />
c 1430 Lydc MiH. Points (Percy Soc) 9 God send also<br />
unto thy most vayle.. A spir>ti a strcnghte, and of good<br />
counsay lie. c 1450 Mirk's Festial 76 For, what maner yertu<br />
^t a man haue, but yf he be yn char>te, bit stondys him in<br />
DO \-ayle. c 1470 Henry l^ailace v. aoi He wyst no waill<br />
thar langar for to bide, ^1500 in Denton En^- in 15th C.<br />
(1888) ^iS He to kepe vnder yowre tenants and haue all the<br />
vayle and thay the burd>-n, li>i(i., [To] destroy the cherch<br />
& the townc for a lytell vayle to yowre place. 1550 Crowley<br />
£^i^' 392 At Par>'se garden.. a man shall not fayle To<br />
*>-ndc two or thre hundredes, for the bearwardes vaile.<br />
b. dial. Advance, progress.<br />
rt 1847 Isle of lyi^At Gloss, (E.D.S.) s.v., Thee dosn't zim<br />
to me>'ak much vaauL<br />
t2. 0/{, ,) vaily of profit, value, or worth, Obs.<br />
Chiefly Sc.<br />
c 1450 3firk*s Festial 262 I>eras he was wont . . to spcke<br />
mony an ydull wordc and of no vayle, aftyr he turnet al<br />
his speche >Tito prof>t. C1470 Henry Waliace i. 167 The<br />
byschopr>-kis, that war of gretast waile, Thai tuk in hand.<br />
H7S in 3'''^ R^p. Hist. MSS, Comm. 418/1 Sayand that the<br />
brocht that Master Thomas . . fand is of vayll, and the brocht<br />
that I ..^d..is of na wayll. 15M Stewart Cre7». Scot. II.<br />
136 Quhen he considderit batUTbe Britis war bot of sa<br />
litUI vaill.<br />
1 3. Sc, Value or worth ; account, estimation.<br />
X471 ActA Audit, ii/i And gif }iai oxin be of mare vale, he<br />
to rcstor again be Remanent. _ x^l^Acta Dom. Cone, (1839)<br />
52/1 Henry to pay to J»e said sir edward sa mekle as Jw said<br />
teind w'as of vale. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot, I. 98 Als<br />
force it is no tyme to him to faill, And lufeall thing ay efter<br />
the awin vaill. 1567 Gtide ^ Godlie B. (S.T.S.) 74 Than<br />
man !..my Goddis name manesweir, And set him at full<br />
lytill vaill.<br />
n. 4. A casual or occasional profit or emolument<br />
in addition to salary, stipend, wages, or other !<br />
r^nlar payment, esp. one accruing or attached to I<br />
an office or position ; a fee or offering of this I<br />
nature. Usu. in pi. Now arch, or Obs, \<br />
The pi. is occas. found construed as a sing. \<br />
c 1450 Godstow Reg, 648 The half of all offeryngcs & j<br />
vayles of the auter. Ibid.., The offrynges & the vaylys of :<br />
fowre days by the yere. cxifim Oseney Reg. 113 A. .chapel- !<br />
eyne, t>e which shall lake all )>e obuencions (or vayles) of J>e<br />
Auter of ^ same chapell. 1550 T. Lever in Strype Eccl. I<br />
Mem, (1721) II. 103 The number of the stock reserved, all |<br />
manner of vails beside. 1563-70 Foxe A. ord Lluellen Prince of Wales, and Robin<br />
Hood of the great mountaines. So vaile your budgettes to<br />
Robin of the mountaine.<br />
2. To doff or take off (a bonnet, hat, crown, or<br />
other head-dress), esp. out of respect or as a sign<br />
of submission. Alsoconst./£7or««/(7 (a person, etc.).<br />
a, (3. c X460 Emare 992 When he mette the emperour, He<br />
valed his hode with gret honour. xsaS Rov Rede me (Arb.)<br />
32 In every place wheare we were presente, They vayled<br />
their bonetis and bowed a kne. 1591 Lyly Endym. 111. iii,<br />
Hee. .sayth, seeing it is the fashion of the world, heewill<br />
vaile bonet to beautie. x6oo Fairfax Tasso 11. xlviii. 29<br />
This said, the virgin gan her beauoir vale. X654 H.<br />
L'EsTRANGE Chas. I O655) 11 His Speech being ended, the<br />
King vailed his Crown, a thing rare in any of his Predecessors,<br />
a 1693 Urguharfs Rabelais in. xlii, Pantagruel<br />
vayling his Cap and making a Leg with such a majestick<br />
Garb,., farewel I'd Trinquamelle the President. 1819 Scott<br />
Leg. Montrose viii, The bonnets, which hitherto each Chief<br />
had worn,.. were now at once vailed in honour of the royal<br />
warrant. 1843 Lytton Last Bar. 11. ii, The earl acknowledged<br />
their greeting by vailing his plumed cap.<br />
y. x6ox Holland ^/iwv II. 305 As for veiling bonnet before<br />
great rulers and magistrals, or within their sight [etc.].<br />
1603 Dekker Wonderfull Year Wks, (Grosart) 1. 138 Into<br />
which [alehouse] as good lucke was, . . veiling his Bonnet, he<br />
strucke in. 1740 Somerville Hobbinolia 11. 279 He spake,<br />
And veil'd his Bonnet to the Crowd. 1825 Scott Talism,<br />
xxiv. The spiritual dignitaries, who in those days veiled not
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