veil (n.)
- alibi
- apology
- awning
- blackout
- blanket
- blind
- block
- bosom
- camouflage
- canopy
- censorship
- cloak
- cloud
- coat
- color
- coloring
- cope
- cover
- cover-up
- coverage
- covering
- covert
- cowl
- cowling
- curtain
- device
- disguise
- drape
- drapery
- eclipse
- excuse
- facade
- feint
- film
- front
- gloss
- guise
- handle
- hanging
- hide
- hood
- housing
- keep
- mantilla
- mantle
- mask
- muffle
- occult
- overlay
- pall
- parasol
- pretense
- pretension
- pretext
- protestation
- refuge
- repression
- screen
- scum
- security
- semblance
- shade
- shadow
- sham
- shelter
- shield
- show
- shroud
- shutter
- stalking-horse
- stifling
- stratagem
- subterfuge
- sunblind
- sunshade
- suppression
- trick
- umbrella
- varnish
- veiling
- vestment
- whitewash
- wrap
- yashmak
veil (v.)
- alibi
- becloud
- befog
- blanket
- blind
- block
- bosom
- camouflage
- canopy
- classify
- cloak
- clothe
- cloud
- coat
- color
- conceal
- cope
- cover
- cowl
- curtain
- disguise
- dissemble
- drape
- eclipse
- enclose
- ensconce
- enshroud
- envelop
- enwrap
- excuse
- feint
- film
- front
- gloss
- guise
- handle
- hide
- hood
- invest
- keep
- mantle
- mask
- muffle
- obfuscate
- obscure
- occult
- overlay
- overshadow
- overspread
- pall
- screen
- scum
- secrete
- shade
- shadow
- sham
- shelter
- shield
- show
- shroud
- shutter
- superimpose
- superpose
- trick
- varnish
- whitewash
- withhold
- wrap
True beauty dwells in deep retreats,
Whose veil is unremoved
Till heart with heart in concord beats,
And the lover is beloved.
I am whatever was, or is, or will be; and my veil no mortal ever took up.
