n.
1. A length of cloth worn by women over the head, shoulders, and often the face.
2. A length of netting attached to a woman's hat or habit, worn for decoration or to protect the head and face.
3.
a. The part of a nun's headdress that frames the face and falls over the shoulders.
b. The life or vows of a nun.
4.
a. A piece of light fabric hung to separate or conceal what is behind it; a curtain.
b. Something that conceals, separates, or screens like a curtain: a veil of secrecy.
wid·ow
n.
1. A woman whose spouse has died and who has not remarried.
mo·rose
adj.
Sullenly melancholy; gloomy.
sul·len
adj. sul·len·er, sul·len·est
1. Showing a brooding ill humor or silent resentment; morose or sulky.
2. Gloomy or somber in tone, color, or portent: sullen, gray skies.
3. Sluggish; slow: the sullen current of a canal.
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