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Meanings of black veils in English

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Usage of black veils in English
1
Some dressed in black and wore red gloves and funeral-style black veils.
The Guardian
2
But her mother was shrouded in black veils and robes: a full chador.
The genesis secret
3
Coming to the English wool; I see there are four dozen black veils No.
Second Shetland Truck System Report
4
Ladies are dressed entirely in black , with black veils instead of hats, on these occasions.
The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912
5
And you two ought to wear black dresses and black veils hanging down behind, and--and-
Mary's Rainbow
6
Their faces, however, were covered with deep black veils.
Life in Mexico
7
At the end of the "Amen" a cloud of black veils swept the ground.
In and out of Three Normandy Inns
8
I see widows in long black veils-stillpatient.
Men in War
9
Two women-andboth wore very heavy black veils.
The Man on the Box
10
Followed by women dressed in long, flowing black dresses, their faces covered by heavy, black veils.
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
11
Alme and Hannifar accordingly threw back their outer black veils, and appeared with the white ones underneath.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks / Book Number Fifteen...
12
Then, of all the black veils No.
Second Shetland Truck System Report
13
She and the two dozen other Maidens on the sparsely wooded hilltop wore their black veils up.
Knife of dreams
14
And then came Ginevra, a pillar of crimson and black veils, and the giggles and whispers became murmurs.
The bone palace
15
Both women wore black veils, their faces in shadow, but he recognized the Glendora woman by her shape.
Keeping christmas
16
The Cathedral shone with its immaculate whiteness, in spite of the black veils that covered both statues and altars.
The Shadow of the Cathedral
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