Definition of vein

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

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Gossan :: Gossan (n.) Decomposed rock, usually reddish or ferruginous (owing to oxidized pyrites), forming the upper part of a metallic vein..
Veiny :: Veiny (a.) Full of veins; veinous; veined; as, veiny marble..
Emulgent :: Emulgent (n.) An emulgent vessel, as a renal artery or vein..
Varicocele :: Varicocele (n.) A varicose enlargement of the veins of the spermatic cord; also, a like enlargement of the veins of the scrotum..
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..
Vascular :: Vascular (a.) Operating by means of, or made up of an arrangement of, vessels; as, the vascular system in animals, including the arteries, veins, capillaries, lacteals, etc..
Prester :: Prester (n.) One of the veins of the neck when swollen with anger or other excitement.
Basset :: Basset (v. i.) To inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets..
Lode :: Lode (n.) A metallic vein; any regular vein or course, whether metallic or not..
Rectinerved :: Rectinerved (a.) Having the veins or nerves straight; -- said of leaves.
Feeder :: Feeder (n.) A small lateral lode falling into the main lode or mineral vein.
Rake :: Rake (n.) A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; -- called also rake-vein..
Stagnate :: Stagnate (v. t.) To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood stagnates in the veins of an animal; hence, to become impure or foul by want of motion; as, air stagnates in a close room..
Vein :: Vein (n.) One of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf.
Sanguiferous :: Sanguiferous (a.) Conveying blood; as, sanguiferous vessels, i. e., the arteries, veins, capillaries..
Interlobular :: Interlobular (a.) Between lobules; as, the interlobular branches of the portal vein..
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..
Vein :: Vein (n.) A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance..
Reef :: Reef (n.) A large vein of auriferous quartz; -- so called in Australia. Hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore..
Stowre :: Stowing (n.) A method of working in which the waste is packed into the space formed by excavating the vein.
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