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VEIN.
185s J. R. Leifchild CornivalL 105 The general course
of ihe mineral •vein fissures in these localities. 1883 Science
9 Feb. 18/1 A *vcin-form similar to the terrestrial veins
commonly known as /ilons en cocardes. 1877 Raymond
Statist. Mines *.Crtrw/i^4oIn veining in the marginal lines of a
box or blotter, a ruler is often of great assistance. 1896
Daily News 9 June 9/6 The tinted petals are passed up to
another room, where they are ' veined ' by being squeezed
into a sort of mould.
2. refl. To diffuse like a vein. rare~^.
1681 r. Flatman Heraclitus Rtdens No. 19 (1713) I. 129
This is Vox Popnli, this is Plato Redivivns, this is Huntscrap
Mr. Petyt,..and indeed veins it self through all the
late Pamphlet-; and Libels.
3. trans. Of things : To extend over or through
(something) after the manner of veins.
1807 J. Barlow Columb. x. 226 Proud Mississippi.. Flings
forth . . Ten thousand watery glades ; that, round him curl'd,
Vein the broad bosom of the western world. 1844 Mrs.
Browning /l>r/iOTa ^^j-Z/f 399 Von spectacle ofcloud Which
seals the gate up to the finafdoom, Is God's seal manifest. .
The unmolten lightnings vein it motionless. 1847 Tennyson
Princ. IV. 522 All the gold That veins the world. 1889
Ridek Haggard Cleopatra 11. x. Half Hercules and half a
fool, with a dash of genius veining his folly through.
1 4. intr. To put oneself into a particular * vein *
or mood. Also with it. Obs.
1389 Warner Alb. Eng. vi. xxxi. (1612) 154 But her, not
coy 1 found so chast, as saue a kisse or twaine, I nothing
got, although in all I vained to her vaine. 1593 Ibid. ix.
xlvl 217 Hence Citizens with Courtiours so do vaine it for
the time, That with their paper Ladders they euen stately
Castels clyme.
+ 5. rejl. To injure (oneself) in a vein. Obs.
Cf. self-veined m Warner Albion's Engl. (1602) x. lix. 263.
1631 G. Markham Country Contentm. (ed. 4) i. xix. 117
If your Cocke hauc in his fight veined himselfe eyther by
narrow striking, or other cros&e blow, you shall find out the
wound.
Vein, obi. Sc. form of Wekn v,
Veinage. rare. [f. VEiy sb^ The course of
a vein or veins ; a collection or system of veins.
1875 Blackmore Alice Lorraine xlviii. Therefore one
might see the rich fruit . . with russet veinage mellowing.
1881 — Ckristowell II. iL 24 His botLsekeeper, following
quickly the veinage of his thoughts, -.called back from the
lop of the back stairs. 190^ Academy 23 Apr. 454/2 There
is a veinage of supematuralism through the book.
Veinal, a, rare—°. [f. Vein sb.J =s Venous a
1846 in Worcester (citing Boyle; but perh. a mere error
for Vf.nai. a.).
Veined (v^'nd), ///. a, [f. Vein sb.]
1. Furnishetl or marked with veins (in various
senses) : a. In predicative use ; also with adverbial
qualification, zs finely veined.
ai5i9 Skklton P.Sparoive 1121 Handes soft as sylke,
Whyter than the mylke. That are so quyckely vayned.
1611 COTGE., Veini, veined, or full of veines. 1707
MoBTrjiER Husb. (1721) II. 15 The knot of an old Oak. .is
often finely veined like Walnut. \j^ J. Lek Introd. Sot.
Explan. Terms 385 Venntum, veined, with Veins many
Ways. 1796 Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 3) 11. 313 Leafits
..veined, of the appearance of those of Skirrets. X834
JPMuRTRiE Cuviers Anim. Kin^d. 424 Males and females
•["m»*hcd with long wings, less veined than those of the
other Hymenoptera of this section. 1883 Jeffesies Story
My Heart \, 13 The million leaves, veined and edge-cut, on
bush and tree. 1891 Farrar Darkn. ^ Dawn Ivii, On
abaci of carved ivory stood myrrhinc vases.. red, veined,
lustrous.
b. Used attributively.
1793 Martvn lang. Bot., Venosum folium, a Veined leaf.
180a Pi.AYFAiH lliustr. Huttonian The. 12 Where that stone
is stratified and either coincides with veined granite or with
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gneiss, i860 Tvndall Glac. i. 1. 7 The means of observing
together the veined structure of the ice. 1895 Rowe Chip-
Caruing 39 A series of arcs described from point 2, where
the two veined circles meet.
2. Intersected or marked with something (esp.
a colour) suggestive of veins.
I6n Drayton Poly.olb. To Rdr., Conveying . . through
delicate embrodered meadowes, often veined with gentle
gliding brooks. 1718 Chambeks Cycl. s.v. Marble, Marble
of Braban9on, in Hainauli, is Black, vein'd with White.
1766 Entick London IV. 59 Four Gothic demipiUars,
painted white, and veined with blue. 1769 Sir W. Jones
Falace Fortune Poems (1777) 13 The round earth with
foaming oceans vein'd. 1806 Med. jfriil. XV. 266 Flowers
large, white, beautifully veined with purple. 1857 Dickens
Dorril n. xxv. The white marble at the bottom of the bath
was veined with a dreadful red. 1881 Flover Unexpl.
Baluchistan 198 Beautiful blue and purple marble veinedwith
white.
3. fig. 1 Fixed in the blood ; ingrained.
1633 Ford Lorje's Sacr. v. i, Come, black Angel, Fair devil,
in thy prayers reckon up The sum in gross, of all thy vained
follies.
4. Lodged or distribiited in veins.
•8*7-35 Willis Wife's Affeal 87 To course the veined
metals of the earth.
Veiner (v^'-nsa). [f. Vein sb. or v.'\
1. a. (Seequot. 1 883, and cf. Veining z'W.j*. i b.)
1864 [F. \i. Robinson) Mem. Jane Cameron I. 119 There
were., menders and darners, veiners and winders,, .needlewomen
[etc.). 1883 S1M.VIOSDS Diet. Trade, Veiner, a sewer
of muslin in the neighbourhood of Belfast.
b. One who makes veins in artificial flowers.
1881 Instr. Census Clerks (1885) 55 (Artificial) Flower
Making; Stiffener. Cutter-out. Veiner. /«