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(), n.[OE. veine, F. veine, L. vena.] 1. (Anat.) One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2. 2. (Bot.) One of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf. 3. (Zol.) One of the ribs or nervures of the wings of insects. See Venation. 4. (Geol. or Mining) 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. 5. A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance. "Down to the veins of earth." Milton. Let the glass of the prisms be free from veins. Sir I. Newton. 6. A streak or wave of different color, appearing in wood, and in marble and other stones; variegation. 7. A train of association, thoughts, emotions, or the like; a current; a course. He can open a vein of true and noble thinking. Swift. 8 Vein v. t.[imp. & p. p.Veined (); p. pr. & vb. n.Veining.] To form or mark with veins; to fill or cover with veins. Tennyson. スポンサード リンク
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