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Vein
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(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.
(2):
(n.) A train of association, thoughts, emotions, or the like; a current; a course.
(3):
(n.) A streak or wave of different color, appearing in wood, and in marble and other stones; variegation.
(4):
(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.
(5):
(n.) A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.
(6):
(v. t.) To form or mark with veins; to fill or cover with veins.
(7):
(n.) One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2.
(8):
(n.) One of the ribs or nervures of the wings of insects. See Venation.
(9):
(n.) One of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Vein'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/v/vein.html. 1828.
