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structure, as the spaces bounded by the nervures of the wings of insects, or those by the veins of leaves; an areola.

inclosed area; esp. one of the small spaces on the wings of insects, circumscribed by the veins.

Producing or containing silver; as, argentiferous lead ore or veins.

r venous or arterial blood from the heart. They have tricker and more muscular walls than veins, and are connected with them by capillaries.

ients attributed hypochondria, melancholy, and mania. Atrabiliary arteries, capsules, and veins (Anat.), those pertaining to the kidney; -- called also renal arteries, capsules, and veins.

Being without veins or nerves, as the leaves of certain plants.

a ball, placed in a circular cup with a hole in its bottom, operates as a valve. -- Ball vein (Mining), a sort of iron ore, found in loose masses of a globular form, containing sparkling particles. -- Three balls, or Three golden balls, a pawnbroker's sign or shop.

A vein or dike crossing a lode.

od of Carrara and in Corsica. It commonly shows a dark gray or bluish ground traversed by veins.

pecific gravity, and hence is often called heavy spar. It is a common mineral in metallic veins.

ntly supposed to have a specially important function in the animal economy, as the middle vein of the right arm.

To inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets.

The upward direction of a vein in a mine; the emergence of a stratum at the surface.

Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious. Arnold was, in fact, in a bellicose vein. W. Irving.

To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein.

Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein.

The act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; -- esp. applied to venesection.

A piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead, and used to strike the fleam into the vein. Youatt.

A plant, Rumex sanguineus, or bloody-veined dock. The name is applied also to bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis), and to an extensive order of plants (Hæmodoraceæ), the roots of many species of which contain a red coloring matter useful in dyeing.

Somewhat blue; as, bluish veins. "Bluish mists." Dryden. -- Blu"ish*ly, adv. -- Blu"ish*ness, n.