Definition of vein

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

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Venous :: Venous (a.) Contained in the veins, or having the same qualities as if contained in the veins, that is, having a dark bluish color and containing an insufficient amount of oxygen so as no longer to be fit for oxygenating the tissues; -- said of the blood, and opposed to arterial..
Shoad :: Shoad (n.) A train of vein material mixed with rubbish; fragments of ore which have become separated by the action of water or the weather, and serve to direct in the discovery of mines..
Jugular :: "Jugular (a.) Of or pertaining to the jugular vein; as, the jugular foramen..
Cricket :: Cricket (n.) An orthopterous insect of the genus Gryllus, and allied genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings..
Chimney :: Chimney (n.) A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein..
Nervation :: Nervation (n.) The arrangement of nerves and veins, especially those of leaves; neuration..
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..
Pertusion :: Pertusion (n.) The act of punching or piercing with a pointed instrument; as, pertusion of a vein..
Spin :: Spin (v. i.) To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet; as, blood spinsfrom a vein..
Stockwork :: Stockwork (n.) A system of working in ore, etc., when it lies not in strata or veins, but in solid masses, so as to be worked in chambers or stories..
Veining :: Veining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vei.
Freeze :: Freeze (v. i.) To become chilled with cold, or as with cold; to suffer loss of animation or life by lack of heat; as, the blood freezes in the veins..
Slicking :: Slicking (n.) Narrow veins of ore.
Cloud :: Cloud (n.) A dark vein or spot on a lighter material, as in marble; hence, a blemish or defect; as, a cloud upon one's reputation; a cloud on a title..
Vaginervose :: Vaginervose (a.) Having the nerves, or veins, placed in apparent disorder..
Veined :: Veined (a.) Having fibrovascular threads extending throughout the lamina; as, a veined leaf..
Radiate-veined :: Radiate-veined (a.) Having the principal veins radiating, or diverging, from the apex of the petiole; -- said of such leaves as those of the grapevine, most maples, and the castor-oil plant..
Veinal :: Veinal (a.) Pertaining to veins; venous.
Blood Vessel :: Blood vessel () Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein..
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