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a.
Having veins, or nerves, reticulated or netted; as, a net-veined wing or leaf.
n.
Any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, etc.
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Having no veins; as, a veinless leaf.
n.
The nonmetalliferous mineral or rock material which accompanies the ores in a vein, as quartz, calcite, barite, fluor spar, etc.; -- called also veinstuff.
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Pertaining to veins; venous.
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.
n.
A small vein.
p. pr. & vb. n.
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n.
See Rake, a mineral vein.
imp. & p. p.
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The country rock bounding a vein laterally.
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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Full of veins; veinous; veined; as, veiny marble.
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Full of veins; streaked; variegated; as, veined marble.
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Having fibrovascular threads extending throughout the lamina; as, a veined leaf.
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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.
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Having blue veins or blue streaks.
v. t.
To form or mark with veins; to fill or cover with veins.
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Having the veins (of a leaf) diverging from the two sides of a midrib.
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Marked with veins; veined; veiny.
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