Definitions for the word "vein" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
One of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
One of the ribs or nervures of the wings of insects. See Venation.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A streak or wave of different color, appearing in wood, and in marble and other stones; variegation.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A train of association, thoughts, emotions, or the like; a current; a course.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. t.
To form or mark with veins; to fill or cover with veins.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
1 a any of the tubes conveying blood to the heart. B (in general use) any blood-vessel. 2 rib of an insect''s wing or leaf. 3 streak of a different colour in wood, marble, cheese, etc. 4 fissure in rock filled with ore. 5 specified character or tendency; mood (spoke in a sarcastic vein). veined adj. Veiny adj. (-ier, -iest). [latin vena]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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