Chapter 1833

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 <Xpage= Vegetable alkali (Chem.) , an alkaloid. -- Vegetable brimstone . (Bot.) See Vegetable sulphur , below. -- Vegetable butter (Bot.) , a name of several kinds of concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian butter tree, the African shea tree, and the Pentadesma butyracea , a tree of the order Guttifer\'91 , also African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of cocoa ( Theobroma ). -- Vegetable flannel , a textile material, manufactured in Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained from the leaves of the Pinus sylvestris . -- Vegetable ivory . See Ivory nut , under Ivory . -- Vegetable jelly . See Pectin . -- Vegetable kingdom . (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below. --1598 Vegetable leather . (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ( Euphorbia punicea ), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts. (b) See Vegetable leather , under Leather . -- Vegetable marrow (Bot.) , an egg-shaped gourd, commonly eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but is now thought to have been derived from a form of the American pumpkin. -- Vegetable oyster (Bot.) , the oyster plant. See under Oyster . -- Vegetable parchment , papyrine. -- Vegetable sheep (Bot.) , a white woolly plant ( Raoulia eximia ) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large fleecy cushions on the mountains. -- Vegetable silk , a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree ( Chorisia speciosa ). It us used for various purposes, as for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers. -- Vegetable sponge . See 1st Loof . -- Vegetable sulphur , the fine highly inflammable spores of the club moss ( Lycopodium clavatum ); witch. -- Vegetable tallow , a substance resembling tallow, obtained from various plants; as, Chinese vegetable tallow , obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. Indian vegetable tallow is a name sometimes given to piney tallow. -- Vegetable wax , a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of certain plants, as the bayberry. >

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.

Veinal <Xpage= Vegetable alkali (Chem.) , an alkaloid. -- Vegetable brimstone . (Bot.) See Vegetable sulphur , below. -- Vegetable butter (Bot.) , a name of several kinds of concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian butter tree, the African shea tree, and the Pentadesma butyracea , a tree of the order Guttifer\'91 , also African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of cocoa ( Theobroma ). -- Vegetable flannel , a textile material, manufactured in Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained from the leaves of the Pinus sylvestris . -- Vegetable ivory . See Ivory nut , under Ivory . -- Vegetable jelly . See Pectin . -- Vegetable kingdom . (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below. --1598 Vegetable leather . (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ( Euphorbia punicea ), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts. (b) See Vegetable leather , under Leather . -- Vegetable marrow (Bot.) , an egg-shaped gourd, commonly eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but is now thought to have been derived from a form of the American pumpkin. -- Vegetable oyster (Bot.) , the oyster plant. See under Oyster . -- Vegetable parchment , papyrine. -- Vegetable sheep (Bot.) , a white woolly plant ( Raoulia eximia ) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large fleecy cushions on the mountains. -- Vegetable silk , a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree ( Chorisia speciosa ). It us used for various purposes, as for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers. -- Vegetable sponge . See 1st Loof . -- Vegetable sulphur , the fine highly inflammable spores of the club moss ( Lycopodium clavatum ); witch. -- Vegetable tallow , a substance resembling tallow, obtained from various plants; as, Chinese vegetable tallow , obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. Indian vegetable tallow is a name sometimes given to piney tallow. -- Vegetable wax , a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of certain plants, as the bayberry. >

Vein"al (?) , a. Pertaining to veins; venous. [R.]

Veined <Xpage= Vegetable alkali (Chem.) , an alkaloid. -- Vegetable brimstone . (Bot.) See Vegetable sulphur , below. -- Vegetable butter (Bot.) , a name of several kinds of concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian butter tree, the African shea tree, and the Pentadesma butyracea , a tree of the order Guttifer\'91 , also African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of cocoa ( Theobroma ). -- Vegetable flannel , a textile material, manufactured in Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained from the leaves of the Pinus sylvestris . -- Vegetable ivory . See Ivory nut , under Ivory . -- Vegetable jelly . See Pectin . -- Vegetable kingdom . (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below. --1598 Vegetable leather . (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ( Euphorbia punicea ), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts. (b) See Vegetable leather , under Leather . -- Vegetable marrow (Bot.) , an egg-shaped gourd, commonly eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but is now thought to have been derived from a form of the American pumpkin. -- Vegetable oyster (Bot.) , the oyster plant. See under Oyster . -- Vegetable parchment , papyrine. -- Vegetable sheep (Bot.) , a white woolly plant ( Raoulia eximia ) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large fleecy cushions on the mountains. -- Vegetable silk , a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree ( Chorisia speciosa ). It us used for various purposes, as for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers. -- Vegetable sponge . See 1st Loof . -- Vegetable sulphur , the fine highly inflammable spores of the club moss ( Lycopodium clavatum ); witch. -- Vegetable tallow , a substance resembling tallow, obtained from various plants; as, Chinese vegetable tallow , obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. Indian vegetable tallow is a name sometimes given to piney tallow. -- Vegetable wax , a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of certain plants, as the bayberry. >

Veined (?) , a. 1. Full of veins; streaked; variegated; as, veined marble . " Veined follies."

Ford.

2. (Bot.) Having fibrovascular threads extending throughout the lamina; as, a veined leaf .

Veinless <Xpage= Vegetable alkali (Chem.) , an alkaloid. -- Vegetable brimstone . (Bot.) See Vegetable sulphur , below. -- Vegetable butter (Bot.) , a name of several kinds of concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian butter tree, the African shea tree, and the Pentadesma butyracea , a tree of the order Guttifer\'91 , also African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of cocoa ( Theobroma ). -- Vegetable flannel , a textile material, manufactured in Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained from the leaves of the Pinus sylvestris . -- Vegetable ivory . See Ivory nut , under Ivory . -- Vegetable jelly . See Pectin . -- Vegetable kingdom . (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below. --1598 Vegetable leather . (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ( Euphorbia punicea ), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts. (b) See Vegetable leather , under Leather . -- Vegetable marrow (Bot.) , an egg-shaped gourd, commonly eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but is now thought to have been derived from a form of the American pumpkin. -- Vegetable oyster (Bot.) , the oyster plant. See under Oyster . -- Vegetable parchment , papyrine. -- Vegetable sheep (Bot.) , a white woolly plant ( Raoulia eximia ) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large fleecy cushions on the mountains. -- Vegetable silk , a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree ( Chorisia speciosa ). It us used for various purposes, as for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers. -- Vegetable sponge . See 1st Loof . -- Vegetable sulphur , the fine highly inflammable spores of the club moss ( Lycopodium clavatum ); witch. -- Vegetable tallow , a substance resembling tallow, obtained from various plants; as, Chinese vegetable tallow , obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. Indian vegetable tallow is a name sometimes given to piney tallow. -- Vegetable wax , a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of certain plants, as the bayberry. >

Vein"less (?) , a. Having no veins; as, a veinless leaf .

Veinlet <Xpage= Vegetable alkali (Chem.) , an alkaloid. -- Vegetable brimstone . (Bot.) See Vegetable sulphur , below. -- Vegetable butter (Bot.) , a name of several kinds of concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian butter tree, the African shea tree, and the Pentadesma butyracea , a tree of the order Guttifer\'91 , also African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of cocoa ( Theobroma ). -- Vegetable flannel , a textile material, manufactured in Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained from the leaves of the Pinus sylvestris . -- Vegetable ivory . See Ivory nut , under Ivory . -- Vegetable jelly . See Pectin . -- Vegetable kingdom . (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below. --1598 Vegetable leather . (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ( Euphorbia punicea ), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts. (b) See Vegetable leather , under Leather . -- Vegetable marrow (Bot.) , an egg-shaped gourd, commonly eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but is now thought to have been derived from a form of the American pumpkin. -- Vegetable oyster (Bot.) , the oyster plant. See under Oyster . -- Vegetable parchment , papyrine. -- Vegetable sheep (Bot.) , a white woolly plant ( Raoulia eximia ) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large fleecy cushions on the mountains. -- Vegetable silk , a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree ( Chorisia speciosa ). It us used for various purposes, as for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers. -- Vegetable sponge . See 1st Loof . -- Vegetable sulphur , the fine highly inflammable spores of the club moss ( Lycopodium clavatum ); witch. -- Vegetable tallow , a substance resembling tallow, obtained from various plants; as, Chinese vegetable tallow , obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. Indian vegetable tallow is a name sometimes given to piney tallow. -- Vegetable wax , a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of certain plants, as the bayberry. >

Vein"let (?) , n. A small vein.

Veinous <Xpage= Vegetable alkali (Chem.) , an alkaloid. -- Vegetable brimstone . (Bot.) See Vegetable sulphur , below. -- Vegetable butter (Bot.) , a name of several kinds of concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian butter tree, the African shea tree, and the Pentadesma butyracea , a tree of the order Guttifer\'91 , also African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of cocoa ( Theobroma ). -- Vegetable flannel , a textile material, manufactured in Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained from the leaves of the Pinus sylvestris . -- Vegetable ivory . See Ivory nut , under Ivory . -- Vegetable jelly . See Pectin . -- Vegetable kingdom . (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below. --1598 Vegetable leather . (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ( Euphorbia punicea ), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts. (b) See Vegetable leather , under Leather . -- Vegetable marrow (Bot.) , an egg-shaped gourd, commonly eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but is now thought to have been derived from a form of the American pumpkin. -- Vegetable oyster (Bot.) , the oyster plant. See under Oyster . -- Vegetable parchment , papyrine. -- Vegetable sheep (Bot.) , a white woolly plant ( Raoulia eximia ) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large fleecy cushions on the mountains. -- Vegetable silk , a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree ( Chorisia speciosa ). It us used for various purposes, as for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers. -- Vegetable sponge . See 1st Loof . -- Vegetable sulphur , the fine highly inflammable spores of the club moss ( Lycopodium clavatum ); witch. -- Vegetable tallow , a substance resembling tallow, obtained from various plants; as, Chinese vegetable tallow , obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. Indian vegetable tallow is a name sometimes given to piney tallow. -- Vegetable wax , a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of certain plants, as the bayberry. >

Vein"ous (?) , a. Marked with veins; veined; veiny.

The excellent old gentleman's nails are long and leaden, and his hands lean and veinous . Dickens.

Veinstone <Xpage= Vegetable alkali (Chem.) , an alkaloid. -- Vegetable brimstone . (Bot.) See Vegetable sulphur , below. -- Vegetable butter (Bot.) , a name of several kinds of concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian butter tree, the African shea tree, and the Pentadesma butyracea , a tree of the order Guttifer\'91 , also African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of cocoa ( Theobroma ). -- Vegetable flannel , a textile material, manufactured in Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained from the leaves of the Pinus sylvestris . -- Vegetable ivory . See Ivory nut , under Ivory . -- Vegetable jelly . See Pectin . -- Vegetable kingdom . (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below. --1598 Vegetable leather . (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ( Euphorbia punicea ), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts. (b) See Vegetable leather , under Leather . -- Vegetable marrow (Bot.) , an egg-shaped gourd, commonly eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but is now thought to have been derived from a form of the American pumpkin. -- Vegetable oyster (Bot.) , the oyster plant. See under Oyster . -- Vegetable parchment , papyrine. -- Vegetable sheep (Bot.) , a white woolly plant ( Raoulia eximia ) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large fleecy cushions on the mountains. -- Vegetable silk , a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree ( Chorisia speciosa ). It us used for various purposes, as for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers. -- Vegetable sponge . See 1st Loof . -- Vegetable sulphur , the fine highly inflammable spores of the club moss ( Lycopodium clavatum ); witch. -- Vegetable tallow , a substance resembling tallow, obtained from various plants; as, Chinese vegetable tallow , obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. Indian vegetable tallow is a name sometimes given to piney tallow. -- Vegetable wax , a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of certain plants, as the bayberry. >

Vein"stone` (?) , n. The nonmetalliferous mineral or rock material which accompanies the ores in a vein, as quartz, calcite, barite, fluor spar, etc.; -- called also veinstuff .