01 n. One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2.
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One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2.(Anat.) See: Artery
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One of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf.(Bot.)
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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.(Geol. or Mining)
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A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.“Let the glass of the prisms be free from veins.” — Sir I. Newton.
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A streak or wave of different color, appearing in wood, and in marble and other stones; variegation.
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A train of associations, thoughts, emotions, or the like; a current; a course; as, reasoning in the same vein.“He can open a vein of true and noble thinking.” — Swift.
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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.“Certain discoursing wits which are of the same veins.” — Bacon.“Invoke the Muses, and improve my vein.” — Waller.