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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.

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..

Roke :: Roke (n.) A vein of ore.

Selvedge :: Selvedge (n.) A layer of clay or decomposed rock along the wall of a vein. See Gouge, n., 4..

Weighboard :: Weighboard (n.) Clay intersecting a vein.

Lymph :: Lymph (n.) An alkaline colorless fluid, contained in the lymphatic vessels, coagulable like blood, but free from red blood corpuscles. It is absorbed from the various tissues and organs of the body, and is finally discharged by the thoracic and right lymphatic ducts into the great veins near the heart..

Reef :: Reef (n.) A large vein of auriferous quartz; -- so called in Australia. Hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore..

Varicose :: Varicose (a.) Irregularly swollen or enlarged; affected with, or containing, varices, or varicosities; of or pertaining to varices, or varicosities; as, a varicose nerve fiber; a varicose vein; varicose ulcers..

Hemadynamometer :: Hemadynamometer (n.) An instrument by which the pressure of the blood in the arteries, or veins, is measured by the height to which it will raise a column of mercury; -- called also a haemomanometer..

Lance :: Lance (v. t.) To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess..

Urry :: Urry (n.) A sort of blue or black clay lying near a vein of coal.

Orifice :: Orifice (n.) A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound..

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..

Dictyogen :: Dictyogen (n.) A plant with net-veined leaves, and monocotyledonous embryos, belonging to the class Dictyogenae, proposed by Lindley for the orders Dioscoreaceae, Smilaceae, Trilliaceae, etc..

Saphenous :: Saphenous (a.) Manifest; -- applied to the two principal superficial veins of the lower limb of man.

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..

Rake-vein :: Rake-vein (n.) See Rake, a mineral vein..

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..

Spin :: Spin (v. i.) To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet; as, blood spinsfrom a vein..

Country :: Country (adv.) The rock through which a vein runs.

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