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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Day Lily :: Day lily () A genus of plants (Funkia) differing from the last in having ovate veiny leaves, and large white or blue flowers..
Blood Vessel :: Blood vessel () Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein..
Venation :: Venation (n.) The arrangement or system of veins, as in the wing of an insect, or in the leaves of a plant. See Illust. in Appendix..
Princewood :: Princewood (n.) The wood of two small tropical American trees (Hamelia ventricosa, and Cordia gerascanthoides). It is brownish, veined with lighter color..
Blue-veined :: Blue-veined (a.) Having blue veins or blue streaks.
Flat :: Flat (n.) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal..
Wall :: Wall (n.) The country rock bounding a vein laterally.
Vein :: Vein (n.) One of the ribs or nervures of the wings of insects. See Venation.
Underlay :: Underlay (v. i.) To incline from the vertical; to hade; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode..
Stowre :: Stowing (n.) A method of working in which the waste is packed into the space formed by excavating the vein.
Spin :: Spin (v. i.) To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet; as, blood spinsfrom a vein..
Veinal :: Veinal (a.) Pertaining to veins; venous.
Vein :: Vein (n.) A train of association, thoughts, emotions, or the like; a current; a course..
Heading :: Heading (n.) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift..
Seam :: Seam (n.) A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal..
Venesection :: Venesection (n.) The act or operation of opening a vein for letting blood; bloodletting; phlebotomy.
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..
Tunnel :: Tunnel (n. .) A level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; -- distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel..
Jugular :: "Jugular (a.) Of or pertaining to the throat or neck; as, the jugular vein..
Fret :: Fret (n.) The worn sides of river banks, where ores, or stones containing them, accumulate by being washed down from the hills, and thus indicate to the miners the locality of the veins..
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