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Vein :: Vein (v. t.) To form or mark with veins; to fill or cover with veins.

Stocky :: Stockwork (n.) A metalliferous deposit characterized by the impregnation of the mass of rock with many small veins or nests irregularly grouped. This kind of deposit is especially common with tin ore. Such deposits are worked in floors or stories.

Splenical :: Splenic (a.) Of or pertaining to the spleen; lienal; as, the splenic vein..

Elvan :: Elvan (a.) Of or pertaining to certain veins of feldspathic or porphyritic rock crossing metalliferous veins in the mining districts of Cornwall; as, an elvan course..

Phlebolith :: Phlebolith (n.) A small calcareous concretion formed in a vein; a vein stone.

Lymph :: Lymph (n.) An alkaline colorless fluid, contained in the lymphatic vessels, coagulable like blood, but free from red blood corpuscles. It is absorbed from the various tissues and organs of the body, and is finally discharged by the thoracic and right lymphatic ducts into the great veins near the heart..

Veined :: Veined (a.) Full of veins; streaked; variegated; as, veined marble..

Marbled :: Marbled (a.) Made to resemble marble; veined or spotted like marble.

Circumflex :: Circumflex (a.) Curved circularly; -- applied to several arteries of the hip and thigh, to arteries, veins, and a nerve of the shoulder, and to other parts..

Venulose :: Venulose (a.) Full of venules, or small veins..

Facial :: Facial (a.) Of or pertaining to the face; as, the facial artery, vein, or nerve..

Hushing :: Hushing (n.) The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called booming..

Vein :: Vein (n.) A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance..

Streak :: Streak (n.) A line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein.

Leader :: Leader (n.) A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one..

Hitch :: Hitch (n.) A small dislocation of a bed or vein.

Curvinerved :: Curvinerved (a.) Having the ribs or the veins of the leaves curved; -- called also curvinervate and curve-veined.

Feeder :: Feeder (n.) A small lateral lode falling into the main lode or mineral vein.

Bleed :: Bleed (v. t.) To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein..

Yam :: Yam (n.) A large, esculent, farinaceous tuber of various climbing plants of the genus Dioscorea; also, the plants themselves. Mostly natives of warm climates. The plants have netted-veined, petioled leaves, and pods with three broad wings. The commonest species is D. sativa, but several others are cultivated..

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