Vein word meaning and definition

[noun] one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect
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[noun] a distinctive style or manner; "he continued in this vein for several minutes"
[noun] a layer of ore between layers of rock
[noun] one of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ
[verb] make a veinlike pattern

\Vein\, 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. (Zo["o]l.) 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. 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. --Shak. Certain discoursing wits which are of the same veins. --Bacon. Invoke the Muses, and improve my vein. --Waller.
\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.

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