Definition of vein

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Vein (n.) One of the ribs or nervures of the wings of insects. See Venation.

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Run :: Run (n.) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by license of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes..
Venose :: Venose (a.) Having numerous or conspicuous veins; veiny; as, a venose frond..
Heading :: Heading (n.) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift..
Course :: Course (v. i.) To move with speed; to race; as, the blood courses through the veins..
Wall :: Wall (n.) The country rock bounding a vein laterally.
Pampiniform :: Pampiniform (a.) In the form of tendrils; -- applied especially to the spermatic and ovarian veins.
Hade :: Hade (v. i.) To deviate from the vertical; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode..
Hade :: Hade (n.) The inclination or deviation from the vertical of any mineral vein.
String :: String (n.) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein..
Intravenous :: Intravenous (a.) Within the veins.
Coronary :: Coronary (a.) Resembling, or situated like, a crown or circlet; as, the coronary arteries and veins of the heart..
Shoading :: Shoading (n.) The tracing of veins of metal by shoads.
Cancellate :: Cancellate (v. t.) Consisting of a network of veins, without intermediate parenchyma, as the leaves of certain plants; latticelike..
Squat :: Squat (n.) A small vein of ore.
Ramification :: Ramification (n.) A small branch or offshoot proceeding from a main stock or channel; as, the ramifications of an artery, vein, or nerve..
Hitch :: Hitch (n.) A small dislocation of a bed or vein.
Vaginervose :: Vaginervose (a.) Having the nerves, or veins, placed in apparent disorder..
Dichotomy :: Dichotomy (n.) Successive division and subdivision, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body, into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; successive bifurcation..
Vein :: Vein (n.) A train of association, thoughts, emotions, or the like; a current; a course..
Blue-veined :: Blue-veined (a.) Having blue veins or blue streaks.
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