same as veil.-avails; profit; return; proceeds.-an unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or benefit; a windfall.-money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; -- usually in the plural.-to let fail; to allow or cause to sink.-to lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence, submission, or the like.-to yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding, uncovering, or the like.-submission; decline; descent.