A single thickness of some material covering a surface.
One of the items in a hierarchy.
A person who lays anything, such as tiles or a wager.
A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.
A shoot of a plant, laid underground for growth.
An item of clothing worn under or over another.
A mature female bird, insect, etc. that is able to lay eggs.
A hen kept to lay eggs.
one in a stack of (initially transparent) drawing surfaces that comprise an image; used to keep elements of an image separate so that they can be modified independently from one another.
To arrange in layers.
To cut or divide into layers.
Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.
A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
Anything that partially obscures a clear view.
A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)
The calyptra of mosses.
That which separates the living and the spirit world.
An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.
velum (A circular membrane round the cap of a medusa).
To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.
To conceal as with a veil.