Definition of vein

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Vein (n.) Peculiar temper or temperament; tendency or turn of mind; a particular disposition or cast of genius; humor; strain; quality; also, manner of speech or action; as, a rich vein of humor; a satirical vein..

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Yam :: Yam (n.) A large, esculent, farinaceous tuber of various climbing plants of the genus Dioscorea; also, the plants themselves. Mostly natives of warm climates. The plants have netted-veined, petioled leaves, and pods with three broad wings. The commonest species is D. sativa, but several others are cultivated..
Jugular :: "Jugular (a.) Of or pertaining to the throat or neck; as, the jugular vein..
Facial :: Facial (a.) Of or pertaining to the face; as, the facial artery, vein, or nerve..
Nervation :: Nervation (n.) The arrangement of nerves and veins, especially those of leaves; neuration..
Mahogany :: Mahogany (n.) The wood of the Swietenia Mahogoni. It is of a reddish brown color, beautifully veined, very hard, and susceptible of a fine polish. It is used in the manufacture of furniture..
Costeaning :: Costeaning (n.) The process by which miners seek to discover metallic lodes. It consist in sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across the direction of the vein, in such manner as to cross all the veins between the two pits..
Gouge :: Gouge (n.) Soft material lying between the wall of a vein aud the solid vein.
Dichotomy :: Dichotomy (n.) The place where a stem or vein is forked.
Veinal :: Veinal (a.) Pertaining to veins; venous.
Cloud :: Cloud (v. t.) To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors; as, to cloud yarn..
Vein :: Vein (n.) A streak or wave of different color, appearing in wood, and in marble and other stones; variegation..
Phlebogram :: Phlebogram (n.) A tracing (with the sphygmograph) of the movements of a vein, or of the venous pulse..
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..
Nerved :: Nerved (a.) Having nerves, or simple and parallel ribs or veins..
Rugose :: Rugose (a.) Wrinkled; full of wrinkles; specifically (Bot.), having the veinlets sunken and the spaces between them elevated, as the leaves of the sage and horehound..
Roke :: Roke (n.) A vein of ore.
Syringe :: Syringe (v. t.) To inject by means of a syringe; as, to syringe warm water into a vein..
Random :: Random (n.) The direction of a rake-vein.
Endogen :: Endogen (n.) A plant which increases in size by internal growth and elongation at the summit, having the wood in the form of bundles or threads, irregularly distributed throughout the whole diameter, not forming annual layers, and with no distinct pith. The leaves of the endogens have, usually, parallel veins, their flowers are mostly in three, or some multiple of three, parts, and their embryos have but a single cotyledon, with the first leaves alternate. The endogens constitute one of the grea
Interveined :: Interveined (a.) Intersected, as with veins..
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