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Areolation :: Areolation (n.) Any small space, bounded by some part different in color or structure, as the spaces bounded by the nervures of the wings of insects, or those by the veins of leaves; an areola..

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..

Vein :: Vein (n.) One of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf.

Capillary :: Capillary (n.) A minute, thin-walled vessel; particularly one of the smallest blood vessels connecting arteries and veins, but used also for the smallest lymphatic and biliary vessels..

Basset :: Basset (v. i.) To inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets..

Fan-nerved :: Fan-nerved (a.) Having the nerves or veins arranged in a radiating manner; -- said of certain leaves, and of the wings of some insects..

Drift :: Drift (v. i.) to make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.

Penninerved :: Penninerved (a.) Pinnately veined or nerved.

Rider :: Rider (n.) Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it..

Jugular :: "Jugular (a.) Of or pertaining to the jugular vein; as, the jugular foramen..

Rugose :: Rugose (a.) Wrinkled; full of wrinkles; specifically (Bot.), having the veinlets sunken and the spaces between them elevated, as the leaves of the sage and horehound..

Selvedge :: Selvedge (n.) A layer of clay or decomposed rock along the wall of a vein. See Gouge, n., 4..

Gossan :: Gossan (n.) Decomposed rock, usually reddish or ferruginous (owing to oxidized pyrites), forming the upper part of a metallic vein..

Random :: Random (n.) The direction of a rake-vein.

Veining :: Veining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vei.

Vein :: Vein (n.) A streak or wave of different color, appearing in wood, and in marble and other stones; variegation..

Wing :: Wing (n.) One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs formed of a double membrane and strengthened by chitinous veins or nervures..

Lieno-intestinal :: Lieno-intestinal (a.) Of or pertaining to the spleen and intestine; as, the lieno-intestinal vein of the frog..

Vena :: Vena (n.) A vein.

Portal :: Portal (a.) Of or pertaining to a porta, especially the porta of the liver; as, the portal vein, which enters the liver at the porta, and divides into capillaries after the manner of an artery..

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