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Definition of vein

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Vein (n.) A narrow mass of rock intersecting other rocks, and filling inclined or vertical fissures not corresponding with the stratification; a lode; a dike; -- often limited, in the language of miners, to a mineral vein or lode, that is, to a vein which contains useful minerals or ores..

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Nervation :: Nervation (n.) The arrangement of nerves and veins, especially those of leaves; neuration..

Nerved :: Nerved (a.) Having nerves, or simple and parallel ribs or veins..

Artery :: Artery (n.) One of the vessels or tubes which carry either venous or arterial blood from the heart. They have tricker and more muscular walls than veins, and are connected with them by capillaries..

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

Vein :: Vein (n.) One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2..

Drift :: Drift (v. i.) to make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.

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..

Barite :: Barite (n.) Native sulphate of barium, a mineral occurring in transparent, colorless, white to yellow crystals (generally tabular), also in granular form, and in compact massive forms resembling marble. It has a high specific gravity, and hence is often called heavy spar. It is a common mineral in metallic veins..

Labial :: Labial (a.) Of or pertaining to the lips or labia; as, labial veins..

Satellite :: Satellite (a.) Situated near; accompanying; as, the satellite veins, those which accompany the arteries..

Bleed :: Bleed (v. t.) To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein..

Chimney :: Chimney (n.) A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein..

Shoot :: Shoot (n.) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.

Indusium :: Indusium (n.) The immediate covering of the fruit dots or sori in many ferns, usually a very thin scale attached by the middle or side to a veinlet..

Argentiferous :: Argentiferous (a.) Producing or containing silver; as, argentiferous lead ore or veins..

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..

Net-veined :: Net-veined (a.) Having veins, or nerves, reticulated or netted; as, a net-veined wing or leaf..

Roof :: Roof (n.) The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.

Flucan :: Flucan (n.) Soft clayey matter in the vein, or surrounding it..

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..