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| Vein |
One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2. |
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| Vein |
One of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf. |
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| Vein |
One of the ribs or nervures of the wings of insects. See Venation. |
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| Vein |
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. |
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| Vein |
A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance. |
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