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A small vein; a veinlet; specifically (Zoöl.), one of the small branches of the veins of the wings in insects.

Full of venules, or small veins.

cesses of cervical vertebræ and of the canal which they form for the vertebral artery and vein.

which the blood or other fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, etc.

ular reception for the time; -- used now generally in the phrase in vogue. One vogue, one vein, One air of thoughts usurps my brain. Herbert. Whatsoever its vogue may be, I still flatter myself that the parents of the growing generation will be satisfied with what Burke. Use may revive the obsoletest words, And banish…

The country rock bounding a vein laterally. Raymond.

Clay intersecting a vein. Weale.

for example, to masses of chert. Whin-dikes, and whin-sills, are names sometimes given to veins or beds of basalt.

They are broad, fanlike organs formed of a double membrane and strengthened by chitinous veins or nervures.

f the church; political worthies; military worthies. The blood of ancient worthies in his veins. Cowper.

rea; also, the plants themselves. Mostly natives of warm climates. The plants have netted-veined, petioled leaves, and pods with three broad wings. The commonest species is D. sativa, but several others are cultivated. Chinese yam, a plant (Dioscorea Batatas) with a long and slender tuber, hardier than most of the othe…