Definition of vein

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

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Interveined :: Interveined (a.) Intersected, as with veins..
Spar :: Spar (n.) An old name for a nonmetallic mineral, usually cleavable and somewhat lustrous; as, calc spar, or calcite, fluor spar, etc. It was especially used in the case of the gangue minerals of a metalliferous vein..
Facial :: Facial (a.) Of or pertaining to the face; as, the facial artery, vein, or nerve..
Vaginervose :: Vaginervose (a.) Having the nerves, or veins, placed in apparent disorder..
Jugular :: "Jugular (a.) Of or pertaining to the throat or neck; as, the jugular vein..
Rosetta Wood :: Rosetta wood () An east Indian wood of a reddish orange color, handsomely veined with darker marks. It is occasionally used for cabinetwork..
Curvinerved :: Curvinerved (a.) Having the ribs or the veins of the leaves curved; -- called also curvinervate and curve-veined.
Vein :: Vein (n.) A streak or wave of different color, appearing in wood, and in marble and other stones; variegation..
Avenious :: Avenious (a.) Being without veins or nerves, as the leaves of certain plants..
Ranine :: Ranine (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a swelling under the tongue; also, pertaining to the region where the swelling occurs; -- applied especially to branches of the lingual artery and lingual vein..
Seam :: Seam (n.) A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal..
Cloud :: Cloud (v. t.) To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors; as, to cloud yarn..
Cloudy :: Cloudy (n.) Marked with veins or sports of dark or various hues, as marble..
Saponite :: Saponite (n.) A hydrous silicate of magnesia and alumina. It occurs in soft, soapy, amorphous masses, filling veins in serpentine and cavities in trap rock..
Chimney :: Chimney (n.) A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein..
Rider :: Rider (n.) Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it..
Emulgent :: Emulgent (n.) An emulgent vessel, as a renal artery or vein..
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.
Veinstone :: Veinstone (n.) The nonmetalliferous mineral or rock material which accompanies the ores in a vein, as quartz, calcite, barite, fluor spar, etc.; -- called also veinstuff..
Veined :: Veined (a.) Full of veins; streaked; variegated; as, veined marble..
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