Definition of vein

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Vein (n.) A narrow mass of rock intersecting other rocks, and filling inclined or vertical fissures not corresponding with the stratification; a lode; a dike; -- often limited, in the language of miners, to a mineral vein or lode, that is, to a vein which contains useful minerals or ores..

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Intralobular :: Intralobular (a.) Within lobules; as, the intralobular branches of the hepatic veins..
Bunny :: Bunny (n.) A great collection of ore without any vein coming into it or going out from it.
Vein :: Vein (n.) A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance..
Veined :: Veined (a.) Full of veins; streaked; variegated; as, veined marble..
Bleed :: Bleed (v. t.) To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein..
Seam :: Seam (n.) A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal..
Gang :: Gang (v. i.) The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.
Trunk :: Trunk (n.) The main body of anything; as, the trunk of a vein or of an artery, as distinct from the branches..
Powerful :: Powerful (a.) Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore.
Flat :: Flat (n.) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal..
Prester :: Prester (n.) One of the veins of the neck when swollen with anger or other excitement.
Network :: Network (n.) Any system of lines or channels interlacing or crossing like the fabric of a net; as, a network of veins; a network of railroads..
Argentiferous :: Argentiferous (a.) Producing or containing silver; as, argentiferous lead ore or veins..
Basset :: Basset (v. i.) To inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets..
Pertusion :: Pertusion (n.) The act of punching or piercing with a pointed instrument; as, pertusion of a vein..
Omphalomesenteric :: Omphalomesenteric (a.) Of or pertaining to the umbilicus and mesentery; omphalomesaraic; as, the omphalomesenteric arteries and veins of a fetus..
Branch :: Branch (a.) Diverging from, or tributary to, a main stock, line, way, theme, etc.; as, a branch vein; a branch road or line; a branch topic; a branch store..
Roof :: Roof (n.) The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.
Hade :: Hade (n.) The inclination or deviation from the vertical of any mineral vein.
Ramification :: Ramification (n.) A small branch or offshoot proceeding from a main stock or channel; as, the ramifications of an artery, vein, or nerve..
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