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A thin layer or sheet of tissue in an animal or plant, or in a product of an animal or plant; a pellicle; a membrane. Now rare.
Anatomy and Zoology. In full palatine veil, pendulous veil of the palate, veil of the palate. The soft palate; = velum, n. 2a. Now rare.