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a layer of ore between layers of rock

a distinctive style or manner; "he continued in this vein for several minutes"

a layer of ore between layers of rock

one of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ

a distinctive style or manner; "he continued in this vein for several minutes"

One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2.

One of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf.

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.

A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.

A streak or wave of different color, appearing in wood, and in marble and other stones; variegation.

A train of association, thoughts, emotions, or the like; a current; a course.

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.

To form or mark with veins; to fill or cover with veins.

One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2.

One of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf.

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.

A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.

A streak or wave of different color, appearing in wood, and in marble and other stones; variegation.

A train of association, thoughts, emotions, or the like; a current; a course.

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.

To form or mark with veins; to fill or cover with veins.

The vessels carrying blood toward the heart.

One of the tubelike vessels which carry the blood to the heart; one of the branching ribs of a plant or of the wing of an insect; a crack or seam in rock filled by mineral matter; as, a vein of gold; a mineral bed; as, a vein of coal; a wave or streak in wood, marble, etc.; anything running in wood, marble etc.; anything running through something else; as, a vein of humor ran through the serious address; a strain; as, he spoke in a solemn vein.

To cover, fill, or form with veins.

Veined.

Veining.

1. A blood-vessel conveying blood toward the heart; all the veins, except the pulmonary, carry dark or unaerated blood. 2. In botany, a nerve, a fibrous bundle marking the surface of a leaf or petal.

One of many vessels through which blood is carried to the heart.

One of the vessels or tubes which convey the blood back to the heart: one of the small branching ribs in a leaf: (geol. and mining) a seam of a different mineral through a rock: a fissure or cavity: a streak in wood or stone: a train of thought: a course: tendency or turn of mind: humor.

To form veins or the appearance of veins in.

A vessel which conveys the blood back to the heart; streak in wood or stone; seam of mineral; train of thought; disposition.

To form veins in.

To furnish, traverse, or fill with veins.

One of the vessels that convey blood to the heart; loosely, any blood vessel.

A rib, as of an insect's wing, or of a leaf.

A seam of ore.

A colored streak, as in wood.

A trait; humor; mood.

A vessel in animal bodies, which receives the blood from the extremities of the arteries, and returns it to the heart; a tube, or an assemblage of tubes, through which the sap is transmitted along the leaves; a seam of any substance intersecting a rock or stratum; a streak or wave of different colour, appearing in wood, marble, and other stones; variegation; a cavity or fissure in the earth or other substance; tendency or turn of mind; a particular disposition or cast of genius; humour; particular temper; strain.

To fill or cover with veins.

One of the vessels of the body which convey the blood back to the heart; in bot., one of the small branching ribs of a leaf; in geol. or mining, fissures or rents traversing and ramifying through the solid rock of the earth's crust, filled with mineral or metallic matter, differing from the rock-mass in which it occurs; a streak or wave of a different colour in marble, wood, &c.; tendency or turn of mind; humour; particular temper.

To give the appearance of veins in; to grain.

A vessel which conveys blood to or toward the heart.

A vessel the function of which is to convey blood toward the heart.

n. [Latin] A vessel in animal bodies which receives the blood from the capillaries and returns it to the heart; a blood-vessel;—in botany, a tube or congeries of tubes through which the sap circulates; a small rib or branch of the frame-work of leaves, &c.;—in geology, a seam or layer more or less wide, intersecting a rock or stratum, and not corresponding with the stratification ;—a fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance;— a streak or wave of different colour appearing in wood, in marble, and other stones;—a train of associations, thoughts, and the like; a course;—peculiar temper; tendency or turn of mind; humour;—strain; quality.