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veinn. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French veine. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French veine, vaine, Anglo-Norman and Middle French veyne, vain, (rare) vene, Middle French voyne (French veine ) streak in stone or minerals (first half of the 12th cent.), jet or channel of water, any blood vessel in the body (both second half of the 12th cent.; also in figurative uses with reference to inspiration, e.g. estre tochié par la veine ), ancestry, descent, mood, humour (all early 13th cent.), source, spring, current of water (all 13th cent.), extended deposit of ore (second half of the 13th cent.), channel conveying sap (end of the 14th cent.), disposition, tendency (15th cent.), poetic inspiration (1540) < classical Latin vēna any blood vessel in the body, vessel carrying blood back to the heart, any passage or duct in the body, (in plants) channel conveying sap, (in trees) one of the fibres making up the grain, streak in stone or minerals, fissure or cavity in rocks or soil, channel or stream, irrigation trench, extended deposit of ore, ore extracted from it, supply or store (of talent or ability), particular strain of talent, in post-classical Latin also jet of liquid (17th cent. or earlier), of unknown origin. Compare later vena n., vene n.Compare Old Occitan vena (13th cent.), Catalan vena (14th cent.), Spanish vena (late 13th cent.), Portuguese veia (13th cent.; also †vena (14th cent.)), Italian vena (c1300), and also Middle Low German vēne , German Vene (16th cent.). The usual word in Old English and early Middle English is eddre n. Many senses of the English word are influenced semantically by the Latin ulterior etymon. I. A tract of ground or water, a mineral deposit, etc. 1. the world > the earth > water > [noun] > water in or percolating through soil > a percolation through ground > channel of c1300 St. Michael (Laud) 639 in C. Horstmann (1887) 318 Wellene comiez of grete wateres and muche del of þe se þoruȝ veynes al vnder eorþe... For þare beoz ase it veynene weren onder eorþe mani on. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) vii. l. 247 For riht as veines ben of blod In man, riht so the water flod Therthe of his cours makth ful of veines. a1450 ( tr. Vegetius (Douce) (1988) 166 (MED) Vnder þe walles he haþ veynes of springyng well water. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine f. ccclxxxij/2 Lete vs al praye vnto our lord that he opene to vs..here the vaynes of a fontayn or of a welle. 1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier ii. 370 Perceiue we not a petty vaine, Cut from a spring by chaunce or arte, Engendreth fountaines. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas ii. i. 373 A burning Mountaine from his fierie vaine, An yron Riuer rowles along the Plaine. 1667 J. Milton iv. 227 The rapid current,..through veins Of porous Earth with kindly thirst up drawn. View more context for this quotation 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti I. 39 b A certain Spaniard..was..said to..see the lowest Veins of Water that run under ground. 1789 J. Brand I. 442 There is an order of common-council for cutting off a vein of water which had lately been discovered and brought into the town. 1864 W. C. Bryant 487 She taught The skill to pierce the soil and meet the veins Of clear cold water winding underneath. 1951 47 25 Barren water veins above the oil pool were stopped by a ‘seed bag’. 2002 29 July 42/3 Scientists have been finding life..in pristine veins of water two miles underground in South Africa. the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > current > [noun] the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > rivulet or runnel a1500 (c1477) T. Norton (BL Add.) (1975) l. 408 (MED) Watir in fossis of the carte whele were vaynes smale..watir in dichis made veynes more. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus iii. 158 Through the midst of these gardens, they deriue some small vaine [L. venulam] of the riuer. 1750 tr. B. de Maillet 87 As soon as there were Grounds, there were certainly Winds and Rains which fell upon the first Rocks; then there were Veins of Water form'd, which carried back these Rains to the Sea. 1841 Sept. 177 Thence thousands of little veins pour their pure tribute down from distant sources, to enrich the Empire stream. 1600 L. Lewkenor tr. A. de Torquemada f. 152v There are..veynes of warme water, which keepe the Lakes longer without freezing. 1606 S. Gardiner 1 He prouideth himselfe a ship, keele, or cocke-boat, out of which he may lay out and take in his nets, and be in the vaine and way where the best doing is. 1613 S. Purchas 705 When hee entred into the Streits, he encountred a great veine of redde water, extending it selfe from Aden as farre as they could see from the Ships tops. 1673 H. Stubbe App. 131 The King of Sweden..hath also several districts, channels, or veins Royal in his Seas, which are appropriated to his particular use. 1820 W. Scoresby I. 229 A lane, or vein, is a narrow channel of water in packs, or other large collections of ice. 1851 H. Melville xliv. 220 When making a passage from one feeding-ground to another, the sperm whales, guided by some infallible instinct..mostly swim in veins, as they are called; continuing their way along a given ocean-line with..undeviating exactitude. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Vein, the clear water between the openings of floes of ice. The same as ice-lane. 1950 Apr. 247/1 A. D. Bache supposed that the cold veins were a result of the bottom configuration which diverted the Gulf Stream in separate bands. the world > matter > liquid > [noun] > slender body of the world > life > the body > vascular system > circulation > [noun] > types of circulation 1732 B. Robinson i. 13 In observing the Motion of Water flowing through a Hole made in the Side of a Vessel, we may perceive the Vein not to fill the Hole. 1817 10 31 The experiments of M. Hachette may be divided into three parts. The object of the first is to measure the contraction of the fluid vein proceeding from a narrow aperture. 1873 52 16 But the moment that the thread was tightened..he [sc. Chauveau] instantly found that in the axis of the artery a ‘fluid vein’ was established, the vibrations of which he could plainly feel. 1917 J. E. Boyd 38 There is a contracted vein, such as occurs when a liquid jet flows from an orifice in a thin plate. 1941 3 2 It thus appears that he recognized the thrill and also seems to have realized the mechanism (fluid vein) of a cardiac murmur. 2001 31 295 Mariotte's expression of the impact force of a fluid vein by the weight of a fluid cylinder with the vein's section and a length equal to the height equivalent to the fluid velocity. the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind with reference to direction > track or course of wind 1764 1 May The Plassey..escaped by being at Fort St. David's which the Vein of Wind did not reach. 1792 J. Belknap III. 24 The next day a whirlwind began..and directed its course toward the east, in a vein of near half a mile wide. 1860 M. F. Maury (ed. 8) xv. §677 Lieutenant Jansen has called my attention to a vein of wind which forms a current in the air as remarkable as that of the Gulf Stream is in the sea. 2011 (Nexis) 20 Dec. This time though our vein of wind held just long enough. 2. the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > vein > [noun] the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [noun] > vein a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 15 [Þe water þat] renneþ and passeþ by veynes of certayn metal [L. cum per certa quaedam metalla transcurrit] takiþ in his cours grete hete. c1450 J. Metham Days Moon (Garrett) in (1916) 149 The fourthe day ys gode..to seke spryngys for wellys off water, to seke also veynys off metel. a1475 (a1447) O. Bokenham Mappula Angliae in (1887) 10 8 (MED) This Ile..is plentevouse of veynes of metallis. 1530 J. Palsgrave 698/2 Al this yerth, so farre as this vayne goth, savoureth of brimstone. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie (1895) II. 247 Jn Clidisdale war funde in Craufurd mure vndir the erd sum vanes ful of golde. 1617 F. Moryson iii. 136 The inward parts abound with a rich vaine of Mettals, where wonderfull quantitie of most pure Tinne is digged up. 1670 J. Pettus 2 When the Miners by these Shafts or Adits do strike or threed a Vein of any Metal..then the Metal which is digged from those Veins is called Oar. 1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 2 in T. Nourse (ed. 3) There is an Out-burst or an appearance above Ground, of some Vein of Coal. 1793 Earl of Dundonald 15 At that time the vein of Roch Salt in Cheshire had not been discovered. 1830 W. T. Brande (ed. 3) I. 360 Metals are chiefly found in the earth in veins which traverse the granitic, schistose, and limestone rocks. 1841 6 215 The miners in Dean Forest apply the term vein to a stratum of coal, while this term in the north of England is applied to mineral veins only. 1881 40 551 Minerals from the Veins of Copper-ore near Copiapo, in Chili. 1944 100 251 A mineral vein may carry several ore-shoots, separated by barren stretches. 1945 J. Hersey Private John Daniel Ramey in (1991) 101 He built a concrete reservoir..around a spring trickling from a vein of coal on the hill above the house. 2015 20 Apr. 56/1 Gold-bearing quartz veins..were first exposed by Pleistocene glaciation. 1601 P. Holland in tr. Pliny II. xxxiv. xviii. 518 (heading) Of the veine of Lead called Molybdæna or Galena. 1732 tr. H. Boerhaave II. 161 The Plumbago is only the vein of lead. 1776 R. E. Raspe tr. J. J. Ferber v. 47 There is scarce any ore or vein to be found in these hills. the world > the earth > land > tract > [noun] > strip 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus ii. ii. 119 The whole contrie (excepte a litle vaine of sandie grauelle) is fertile. 1580 T. Tusser (new ed.) f. 20v Each soile hath no liking, of euerie graine, nor barlie and wheat, is for euerie vaine. 1611 T. Coryate sig. G2 I saw in diuers places very fat and fruitfull veines of ground, as goodly meadowes, very spatious champaigne fieldes, [etc.]. 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie i. ii. ii. 19 Some Earths are much better than others in every Climate, nay even sometimes in a small Compass of Ground, vulgarly term'd Veins of Earth. 1794 T. Davis 66 The vein of poor gravelly soil, which runs..over Horningsham, Deverill, and Warminster commons, is peculiarly adapted to lime. 1833 J. Gorton II. at Montgomery The course of the Severn, through the south-eastern angle of the county, is marked by a vein of fertile and highly-cultivated land. 1956 R. Holmes & P. Bailey 81 His reasoning told him these weeds rooted from a vein of rich soil. 1996 24 Aug. v. 3/2 Before the library can build, a vein of poor soil will have to be removed. II. A blood vessel, and related senses. 4. the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > [noun] the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > vein > [noun] α. a1325 (c1280) (Pepys 2344) (1927) l. 1650 (MED) A man naþ bote þreo manere blod, þat on is..Bytwene fflesch and ffel, and þat oþer in þe veynes a-boute; Þe þridde is þe pur heorte blod. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 59 For betynge of veynes [L. pulsus venarum] is bettre i-knowe in þe vttre parties of bodies þan ynward and in þe myddel wiþynne. c1400 (?a1300) (Laud) (1952) l. 2410 Þere was..many veyn laten blood! a1450 (?a1390) J. Mirk (Claud.) (1905) 291 Þe prest blessuth a ring..and duth hit on hur fyngur þat haþe a veyne to hure herte. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. (Rawl.) (1898) 229 Tho men whych haue the neke abowte and the temples, grete ruddy weynes, bene wrothy and hugely angry. 1526 W. Bonde iii. sig. UUUiv For the whiche his senewes and vaynes brast. 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner 359 This oyll anoynted upon the pulsing veynes, where they appeare moste, as of the temples,..delivereth..from all poysons. 1599 W. Shakespeare iv. iii. 15 I haue a faint cold feare thrills through my veines . View more context for this quotation 1631 R. Bolton 194 When a veine is broken, and bleeds inward,..the physition is wont to open a veine in the arme, so to divert the current of the blood. a1674 T. Traherne (1966) 376 Veins, wherein Blood floweth, Refreshing all my flesh, Like Rivers. 1725 D. Defoe I. vi. 82 Being drawn off, like the blood let out of the veins. 1774 O. Goldsmith VI. 388 With us and quadrupedes the blood goes from the veins to the heart. 1804 J. Abernethy 21 The superficial veins appear remarkably large. 1840 C. Thirlwall VII. lvi. 197 Demosthenes now felt the poison in his veins. 1841 T. R. Jones xi. 177 All these veins terminate in two large venous canals. 1962 I. Asimov (ed. 2) v. 68 The ‘deoxygenated’ blood then flows back to the heart through the veins. 2012 9 May 2/5 Test on clot-prone, or thrombotic, mice found the compound prevented clots in arteries and veins. the world > life > the body > secretory organs > ducts > [noun] > chyliferous vessels 1653 tr. J. Pecquet i. 4 I, by the leave of so great men, would say that not any of them by a particular inquest have searched the Lurkings of these Lacteal Veins within the Thorax [L. Lactearum, intra Thoracem, Venarum latebras]. 1673 (Royal Soc.) 8 6061 It hath been long in my thoughts and desires to have discovered the Actual passage of the Chyle in the Lacteous Veins. 1701 J. Ray (ed. 3) i. 29 The Food..is further subtiliz'd and render'd so fluid and penetrant, that the thinner and finer part of it easily finds its way in at the streight Orifices of the lacteous Veins. 1758 J. Mackenzie ii. i. 337 The lacteal veins pour their chyle into a sort of cistern or reservoir formed for that purpose between the lowest part of the diaphragm and the highest vertebre of the loins. 1800 J. Watkins at Pecquet (John) He immortalized his name by the discovery of the lacteal vein which conveys the chyle to the heart, and from him termed the reservoir of Pecquet. 1916 V. Maar in 38/2 (note) As his predecessors in demonstrating the existence of the lacteal veins Thomas Bartholinus mentions Vesling, Folio, Gassendi, and Highmore. 1985 18 351 (note) Harvey appealed again to the rapid evacuation of a large quantity of ingested fluid through the ureters, this time to refute the view that chyle was conveyed by the ‘lacteal veins’. 5. Botany. the world > plants > part of plant > plant substances > [noun] > fluid, juice, or sap > sap-vessel a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. i. 884 Some [trees] haueþ weyes and veynes in þe whiche kynde moysture is ykepte and passeþ þerby for [read fro] þe erþe into alle þe partyes aboute. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 3 Whan that Aueryll..hath..bathed euery veyne in swich lycour Of which vertu engendred is the flour. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil xii. Prol. 255 Welcum support of euery rute and vane, Welcum confort of alkynd fruyt and grane. 1672 M. Lister Let. 30 Nov. in H. Oldenburg (1973) IX. 349 Where ye juice of these Veines springs sloly & is hardly discernable, but by ye discolouring it receives from ye Aire; as in ye roots of Cicuta etc. 1738 W. Ellis I. v. 57 An Ash has the biggest Veins of any Tree, and a Heart and Sap Part like an Oak. 1863 Jan. 26/2 You then could perceive the arteries and veins in red streaks on the wood as clearly as you could see the veins and arteries in a man's arm by tying a ligature thereon. 1990 J. Greenall tr. M. J. Sevilla 98 In winter, when the vinestock rests and has no sap in its veins, pruning is one of the most time-consuming tasks. the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [noun] > part or side of > rib or vein ?c1450 in (1896) 18 325 (MED) Þe lef is..Dep grene..In myddys of þe lef a veyne whyth. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil xii. vii. 76 The herb sweit, Of levis rank,..With sproutis, sprangis, and vanis our allquhair. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster sig. Djv These [leaves] are somewhat grosser & fatter, with small vaynes running betwene on the contrarye side. 1657 R. Ligon 101 The leaves..having many veines. 1672 M. Lister Let. 30 Nov. in H. Oldenburg (1973) IX. 348 If a Fibre be carfully taken out of ye leafe, ye Veines will appeare, like small pillars running up those great ones in ye bodies of our Minsters. 1731 P. Miller I. at Leaves They..consist of a very glutinous Matter, being furnished every where with Veins and Nerves. 1812 S. Edwards I. 42 The leaves,..with a network of veins underneath. 1832 J. Lindley 88 Till within a few years the distribution of veins in the leaf had not received much attention. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore II. 1206/2 Costal or primary veins are such as spring from the midrib; external veins are those next the edge. 1880 C. E. Bessey 145 The disposition of the veins in a leaf depends largely upon its mode of growth. Usually several veins form early. 1947 D. H. Robinson (ed. 2) ii. 26 The mid-rib of this leaf is distinct, but the other veins cannot be easily seen from the upper surface. 1990 Autumn 5/4 Veins in the petals show up strongly and are especially attractive. 2006 Apr. 30/2 Its wonderful, silver, heart-shaped leaves with green veins and leaf margin are the main feature. 6. the world > matter > colour > variegation > stripiness > [noun] > veining > vein a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. xxxiv. 843 Dionisius is a blak stoon or broune yspronge with reede veynes. a1400 in G. R. Keiser (1984) 19 (MED) Suche accates..han goldene veynes. a1500 in A. Zettersten (1968) 27 (MED) The Achates..There ben fyve..that haue white veynes, and they..haue..sondry vaynis that nature hathe put in hem. 1642 T. Fuller iii. xiv. 189 The red veins in the marble may seem to blush at the falshoods written on it. 1663 B. Gerbier 28 The Mason must work no Stone with Sandy veines. 1688 R. Holme ii. 40/1 The Absistos is..marvellous weighty and black of colour, bestroked with red Veins. 1712 J. Addison No. 414. ¶2 Those accidental Landskips of Trees, Clouds and Cities, that are sometimes found in the Veins of Marble. 1712 J. Morton ii. 170 The waxen Vein of Dr. Grew, a Stone..is compos'd of Two distinct Bodies, one, and the far greater Part, of an Ash-colour, in Substance not unlike Lime-stone: The other runs through it in Veins or Plates of the Colour of Yellow Wax. 1814 (Royal Soc.) 104 410 The grooves vary their direction, and are arranged in all possible forms like the veins of agate. 1937 R. Byron (1992) 187 Isolated ornaments have also been discovered in a jet-black marble without vein or blemish. 2002 N. Drury 8/2 Alectorius, magical stone, normally crystal-clear, but sometimes with pink, flesh-like veins through it. society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > [noun] > fibre in 1715 N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio I. vi. 6 It will be a sign of its Goodness, if being made into Bars, its veins [It. vene] are continu'd strait..; because the straightness of its veins shews the Iron to be without knots. 1815 J. Smith I. 7 Wrought iron may be hardened..by ignition and plunging in water, but the effect is confined to the surface; except..the iron contain veins of steel. 2005 40 905 The cementite veins run closer up to the edge of the blade thus providing good cutting properties. the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [noun] > long narrow piece > intervening 1738 G. Smith tr. iii. 85 When [the paint is] dry, you may with the Point of a Needle open fine Veins or other Embellishments. 1831 D. Brewster x. 85 The spectrum formed by a fine prism of flint glass, free of veins. 1861 B. Silliman 378 The beautiful play of colors seen upon mother of pearl is caused by the delicate veins with which the surface is covered. 1869 E. J. Reed xviii. 384 Angle-irons have to be free from veins and cracked holes, and rivet-iron has to be free from cracks and veins when laid up and finished. 1925 17 21 Sub-cultures of this mold were made from the potato-agar plates that were inoculated from the blue veins of the cheese. 1987 E. Joyce & A. Peters (rev. ed.) i. 23/2 Pitch veins, pitch pockets, etc. Sometimes known as resin pockets, they can appear [in wood] either as thin veins or shallow cavities filled with resin. 2010 26 Nov. 29/1 Made from unpasteurised milk in Lincolnshire, Cote Hill Blue is a butter-rich cheese with the texture of Camembert but enlivened with little blue veins. the world > life > the body > bodily substance > fibre > [noun] the world > life > the body > secretory organs > ducts > [noun] > urinary ducts a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. xxi. 208 Of þese veynes comen a fleumatik moisture þat hatte spotil, and so phisicians clepiþ ham þe veyne [read veynes] of spotil and þe hous of spotile. a1400 tr. Lanfranc (Ashm.) (1894) 172 (MED) Vryn..from þe reyne..goiþ to þe necke of þe bladdre þoruȝ a veyne þat is clepid kylym. ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac (Paris) (1971) 66 (MED) The vessellis of sperme beþ some veynes þe whiche springen nygh þe reynes and þe veyne kelys. ?a1450 tr. Macer (Stockh.) (1949) 124 (MED) If þe veyne þat þe voys comeþ out by be sharp or har..be singing, or be drinke..ley þis medycyne þer-to, and it wole make þe veyne softe and lyþe. a1500 (Cambr. Ll.1.18) (1987) 54 (MED) And by be [read þe] sengle he [sc. hart] shall hongen by on of hys veanx [in] þe tayle..when he es vndo. 1525 Anothomia in tr. H. von Brunschwig sig. B.iv/1 All these with the veyne Trachea make a hepe fylled with pannycles and stronge bondys. 1525 tr. H. von Brunschwig xxxviii. sig. I.1v/1 Ther is nothynge that hurtyth the brayne and the vaynes of herynge so sore as wyne dothe. 1569 J. van der Noot sig. C Also you shall holde open the vaines of vrine with drinkes or opening medecines. 1607 E. Topsell 125 His [sc. a hart] blood is not like other beastes, for it hath no Fibres or small veines in it, and therefore it is hardly congealed. 1663 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin (new ed.) i. xix. 51/2 They [sc. the Ureters] have a double Membrane: The one common from the Peritonæum for strength sake, the other proper, like the inner substance of the Bladder,..white (whence some and Celsus among the rest call them the white Veins). 1688 R. Holme ii. xvii. 424/1 The Urin Tunells, the Veins of the Bladder, the white Veins. Called also Ureters. the world > matter > colour > variegation > stripiness > [noun] > stripe the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > patterned > striped > stripe 1539 in T. Thomson (1815) 34 Ane coit of fresit claith of silvir vanit with ane small inset vane of gold. 1542 in J. B. Paul (1908) VIII. 74 To jeit the cote witht thre vanis aboute the taill. 1568 Edinb. Test. I. f. 212v, in at Van(e xx dosane of plane quhite glufis for men price of the pece xviij s...of almit ledder to be vanes estimat to thre li. the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > wings(s) > nervure 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in (rev. ed.) 964 The third hath four white wings; the outer wings overcast with little blew veins here and there plentifully. 1686 (Royal Soc.) 15 845 The Membranous Wings in every particular like those of the Blew Fly, with hairs on the veins, or quilly Parts. 1752 J. Hill III. 69 Neuroptera. Those which have membranaceous wings, with nerves and veins disposed in a reticulated form in them. 1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence II. xxiii. 347 French naturalists use this term (nervure) for the veins of wings. 1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier (abridged ed.) 326 The wings..are traversed in various directions by more or less numerous nervures,..now forming a net-work, and then simple veins. 1855 W. S. Dallas in II. 336 Each wing is found to consist of a double membrane, between which a variable number of veins, or nervures, ramify in different directions. 1984 R. M. Pyle vii. 78 Monarchs have black veins on orange background, tortoiseshells black splotches. 2007 E. G. Schwiebert II. 551 Erythemis simplicicollis..dark veins in a slender church-window pattern at the leading edge of both sets of wings. III. Figurative and metaphorical uses. 10. General figurative uses of the commoner literal senses. Frequently as part of an extended metaphor; in some instances partaking of the later more established figurative senses listed elsewhere in this branch.Also in various fixed expressions: see Phrases.a1382 (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job iv. 12 To me is seid a woord hid, and as theefli myn ere toc the veynes [L. venas] of his gruching. c1450 (?a1370) (1990) l. 479 (MED) Doo hym drynke..ken hym to þe crete to comfort his vaynes. c1530 Jonah Prol. A ij The fleshly minded ypocrites stoppe upp the Vaynes of life which are in ye scripture. 1606 Bp. J. King Sept. 47 By all princely meanes to put bloud into the veines of the Church againe. 1651 in M. Sellers (Camden) Introd. 75 In equity and reason the benefitt of trade should be equally disposed into all the vaines of the Commonwealth. 1719 W. Wood (ed. 2) 73 It is a true Sign, that our foreign Traffick has since convey'd Spirits and Nourishment into each Vein of the Body Politick. 1834 T. Carlyle ii. iii. 37/1 Here, too, as in the Euphrates and the Ganges, is a Vein or Veinlet of the grand World-circulation of Waters. 1864 J. R. Lowell 303 Great poets..crowding the happy veins of language again with all the life..that had been dribbling away. 1866 B. Taylor 58 As ardent veins of summer heat Throb thro' the innocence of spring. 1923 1 106 A stream of young blood flows uninterruptedly from the open veins of Italy and spreads itself over the world. 1996 T. N. Murari 427 The thin veins of Georgetown were even more clogged with hand carts, bullock carts, cars, bicycles, rickshaws, vendors. a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1965) Prov. x. 11 Þe veyne of lijf [is] þe mouþ of þe riȝtwis. a1382 (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xvii. 13 For thei forsoken the veyne [L. venam] of lyuyng watris [a1425 L.V. the Lord, a veyne of quyk watirs]. c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 18 (MED) Vanite is moder of alle yvelles, welle of alle vicis and the veyne [c1450 Longleat weyne] of wikkidnes. c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate (1911) i. 311 O welle of swetnesse replete in euery veyne! That all mankynde preseruyd hast from dethe. 1534 J. Fewterer tr. U. Pinder f. cxxxv What drynke..dyd he desyre, whiche is the founten of the lyuely and holsome water, the veyne of lyfe, the ryuer of all pleasure. 1557 R. Edgeworth i. f. xiii He that preacheth must lette hys veyne of sapience flow and runne among his audience. 1602 J. Marston Prol. sig. A2 The rawish danke of clumzie winter ramps The fluent summers vaine. 1610 II. Jer. xvii. 13 They have forsaken the vaine of living waters. 1641 J. Gauden 7 Then doth the ray or veyn of truth flow aright from God to us. 1710 Ld. Shaftesbury 81 A..flowing Vein of Humour. 1796 A. Thomson iii. 38 And taught him there, with Freedom's flowing vein, To pour translucent forth his comic strain. 1829 Feb. 473/2 The veins of sorrow deep, Winding through the world of sleep. 1901 6 June 1289/1 All about me there were invisible trickling veins of suggestion, currents of influence and effluence. the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > place where anything is or may be stored > specifically of immaterial things 1533 tr. Erasmus iii. sig. C.viiv Dygge her [sc. this wysdom] out of the veynes of holy scripture, as it were treasure hyd in the erthe. 1563 R. Reynolds To Rdr. sig. a.iiiv To enstructe the studentes [of Greek]..with all facilitee to grounde in them, a moste plentious and riche vein of eloquence. 1568 H. Billingsley tr. P. M. Vermigli Ep. Ded. A.vv Those vnmeasurable riches which still lye hidden..in the hidden vaines of the holy booke, may with great study be digged out. 1616 C. Richardson 61 Those are richest, whose veine is hidden deepe, and will euery day more fully satisfie him that diggeth: so there are many excellent things hid, as it were in the bowels of the holy Scriptures. 1656 A. Cowley Misc. 7 in Like those that work in Mines for others gain. He..had much more to do, To search the Vein, dig, purge, and mint it too. 1701 W. Wotton 389 A vein of Superstition ran thro all his Actions. 1782 W. Hayley ii. 27 Thou vast, prolific, intellectual Mine, Where veins of ancient and of modern gold, The wealth of each poetic world, have roll'd! 1845 N. P. Willis 214 Your genius would discover..where, in the well-searched bowels of literature, lay an unworked vein of ore. 1875 W. D. Whitney ix. 171 These are telling indications of an original relationship among all the groups of languages mentioned: outcroppings, as it were, of a vein which invites further exploration. 1906 June 674/2 The author..has again struck a popular vein in her latest novel, but there seems to be a general feeling that she has failed to ‘work’ it as it deserves. 1961 J. Cobb & R. Osegueda tr. J. J. Arévalo x. 146 A rich psychological vein to be mined was discovered in the ‘danger of war’ and has been exploited..for fifteen years. 2008 15 Sept. a21/5 Using ‘data mining’, they seek out veins of useful ore in the mountains of facts that computers accumulate every day. 11. society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] > style of an author, period, or work 1522 in tr. W. Lily sig. a.iiv His fresshe verses to translate In to our tonge, out of their ornate vayne Of pure latyn. 1538 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Sarcerius xv. f. xlixv But who euer durst call these thynges indifferent that knewe any good veyne of scripture. 1548 N. Udall in N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus I. Luke: Pref. f. vi Euery man hath a veine of his owne, eyther by imitation so confirmed, or by long vse so rooted, or of desyre to be playne and clere, so growen into an habite: that [etc.]. 1652 R. Brome i. sig. C4v What say, Sir, to our Poet Scribble here? Spr. I like his vain exceeding well. 1657 T. Pierce i. 33 In his second Dedicatory Epistle.., he begins with a specimen of his Calumniating Veine. 1751 W. Warburton in IV. 7 He would be ready to execrate even his own best vein of poetry. 1754 S. Richardson VII. lvi. 272 She was not at all diverted with those lively parts of Lady G's decision, that I ventured to read; tho' she is an admirer of her sprightly vein. 1826 W. Scott II. 119 After adorning it with an inscription, somewhat in the vein of Ancient Pistol. 1865 C. Kingsley Hereward xii, in Jan. 263/1 Hereward answered, in his boasting vein, that he would bring home that mare. 1873 W. H. Dixon IV. xx. i. 61 Writing a letter in his smoothest vein to Wolsey. 1902 G. Sampson Introd. p. xxxvi They [sc. these words] are not in Blougram's vein. 1916 C. S. Churchill Let. 6 Apr. in W. S. Churchill & C. S. Churchill (1999) viii. 197 I cannot bear that you should write to him in that vein. 1951 H. Brickell in Introd. p. x This story seems to be in Miss Welty's best vein, which is, of course, very good indeed. 2001 32 102 The passage comes close to ‘romantic comedy’ in Shakespeare's vein. 2005 (Nexis) 6 Aug. 10 ‘Do you have to wear that straw hat? It looks so silly!’ she continued in the same unforgiving vein. the mind > mental capacity > thought > product of thinking, thought > [noun] > continuous thought 1545 J. Bale f. 2v Rather shuld he haue begonne at the deuyll which first begate darkenesse, and so haue gone forth from darkenesse to ignoraunce... Or els from Anticrist to auarice from auarice to symonye, & from symonye to heresye in that veyne. 1633 G. Herbert Bunch of Grapes in i One vogue and vein, One aire of thought usurps my brain. 1704 J. Swift ii. 62 I have..collected out of antient Authors, this short Summary of a Body of Philosophy and Divinity, which seems to have been composed by a Vein and Race of Thinking, very different from any other Systems. 1751 S. Johnson No. 169. ⁋12 Delay opens new veins of thought. 1824 W. Irving I. 217 In the midst of a vein of thought or a moment of inspiration. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato I. 474 He professes to open a new vein of discourse. 1909 H. G. Wells ix. 280 A man..started a vein of speculation upon the Scotchman's idea—that there were still hopes of women evolving into something higher. 1961 11 15 As one vein of inquiry proved fruitful, the results were passed on to the others. 2009 (Nexis) 8 June A common vein of argument has been criticism of the police's handling of the case. the world > action or operation > manner of action > [noun] > specific manner of action or operation 1600 Abp. G. Abbot x. 116 When he had [printed dad] proceeded long, and gone forward in this veine, a great pestilence grew in Rome. 1614 i. ii. i. 75 I purpose not to folow his veine in prosecuting, so eagerly any personall quarrells, which bringeth little advantage to the cause. 1656 P. Heylyn ii. iii. 56 Liberty..made him an Hugonot. In this vein he continued till the year 1595. 1839 10 July To some he gave sixpences, to others threepences, and it struck the police that if he continued in that vein for any length of time his own family would have little more than the consolations of religion to ‘feed and clothe them’. 1872 6 472 If Prof. Hyatt continues to work in the same vein, the Society's ‘Catalogue’ will compare favorably with the one just mentioned. 1933 May 7/3 May our District Governors of the future never fail to carry on in the same vein! 2013 E. Griffin iii. 81 As their employment was seasonal they continued to return to school in the winter. They both carried on in this vein until they were fourteen. 12. the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > [noun] the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > [noun] > distinguishing feature 1536 R. Morison sig. A.ii Who is he, that can thynke him selfe to haue any veyne of an honeste man, that feareth not god? 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus i. f. 31 In Socrates there was so rooted a certain veine of honest merynes, euen naturally geuen hym in his cradle, yt he could iest and speake meryly euen at the houre of death. 1565 T. Cooper at Vena To know the naturall disposition and veyne of euery man. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. iv. 81 It is no shame, the fellow finds his vaine, And yeelding to him, humors well his frensie. View more context for this quotation 1639 N. N. tr. J. Du Bosc i. 17 They have need of somewhat more than a pleasant veyne, and..at least they have as much discretion as vertue. a1660 in J. T. Gilbert (1880) II. 145 The veine of those petty Bourkes..may seeme strange to any that is both well affected and fully acquainted with them. 1773 E. Burke (1844) I. 446 There is a vein of natural good sense in him, from which a good deal might be expected. 1774 O. Goldsmith 59 So provoking a Devil was Dick, That we wish'd him full ten times a day at Old Nick, But missing his mirth and agreeable vein, As often we wish'd to have Dick back again. 1819 P. B. Shelley i. ii. 10 You have a sly, equivocating vein. 1854 C. Kingsley (1878) I. 433 I am afraid I have a little of the wolf-vein in me, in spite of fifteen centuries of civilization. 1911 ‘E. Gavf’ v. 70 I fear she is not the wife for a clergyman. She has a frivolous vein—believe me. 2015 (Nexis) 16 Sept. Somebody of a rather humorous vein asked today if I could find out anything unusual about her. the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > temporary state of mind, mood > [noun] the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > temporary state of mind, mood > [adverb] the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > state of feeling or mood > [noun] the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > state of feeling or mood > [adverb] > in a fit mood 1577 J. Grange sig. H.ijv Beyng in the vayne of hope, he was not content to feede his eyes with the sight of his Lady. 1588 ‘M. Marprelate’ 37 I am hardly drawn to a merie vaine from such waightie matters. a1591 H. Smith (1593) 1053 If any matter of God happen to come in while they are in the vaine, it is like a damp which puts out their lights, and turnes their mirth into heauinesse. 1602 ii. iv. 699 Ile take the Gentleman now, he is in a good vayne, for he smiles. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Lovers Progres i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher (1647) sig. Iii4v/1 Fetch her, While I am in the vaine. a1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid (1709) i. 44 Now she's in the Vein, and fit for Sport. 1723 A. Pope Aug. (1956) II. 185 The merry vein you knew me in, is sunk into a Turn of Reflexion. 1770 H. Brooke V. xvii. 204 Harry was in no manner of vein..for entertaining. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ I. iv. 69 If thou art in a classical vein, put myrtle about his curls and make him a young Bacchus. 1879 G. Meredith xxxiv I like to hear them when I am in the vein. 1922 6 Mar. 5/8 Mr. Hofmann was in the vein, and he showed it, by playing encores of Gargantuan proportions. 1942 9 Mar. 10/1 He can make a prosaic theme likable when he is in the vein. 1963 K. Amis 2 Apr. (2000) 623 When we called on Graves later that day I was in talkative vein and bawled ‘piss’ and other unspeakables at a young British poet. 2012 G. Buslik xiii. 255 Les was in a giving vein. the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [noun] > a tendency 1585 C. Fetherston tr. J. Calvin xxi. 504 They boast that they do this to win the weake brethren, or that they follow their veine thus farre, as if Paul did yeeld to them in all things without choise. 1625 F. Bacon (new ed.) 43 Adrian the Emperour, that mortally Enuied Poets, and Painters, and Artificers, in Works, wherein he had a veine to excell. 1680 W. Temple Ess. Advancem. Trade Ireland in (1720) I. 109 I suppose the Vein I have had of running into Speculations of this kind..have cost me this present Service. the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > [noun] > outburst of 1736 tr. C. Rollin VII. 98 He burst into a loud vein of laughter [Fr. se prenant à rire avec de grands éclats]. 1856 14 Mar. (advt.) The many acts of folly committed by Mr. Briggs, in his extraordinary whim of trying to become a Sporting Character, keep the audience in one continuous vein of laughter. †13. the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > drift, tenor, purport > [noun] 1543 J. Bale Concl. sig. M.viij The ernest veyne in the scripturs ageynst thys wycked generacyon. a1555 R. Taylor in M. Coverdale (1564) 171 I doe beleue that the Religion set forth in Kyng Edwardes dayes, was accordyng to the veyne of the holy Scripture. 1615 F. Bacon Let. 25 Feb. in (1657) ii. 72 Trading, in Companies, is most agreeable to the English Nature, which wanteth that same general Vein, of a Republick, which runneth in the Dutch. 1695 G. Bright i. 11 Observe the vein of Scripture. 1790 G. Laughton iv. 85 It will be sufficient to instance his [sc. Mahomet's] doctrine of rewards, to shew the general vein of his religion. the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [noun] > a kind, sort, or class 1568 in J. Strype (1709) lii. 525 These young men, which are of a lower Vein,..be not men perfect, as they seem. 1652 P. Heylyn iii. sig. Ccc6v Other Commodities of this Island are..Honey as good as any the world affordeth; and a vain of most delicious wines. the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] > (a) course of conduct or action the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun] > a habit or practice 1549 J. Bale in J. Leland Concl. sig. E.vij The Hebrues, Grekes, and Romanes were neuer so towarde in thys noble veyne of workynge. 1577 N. Breton sig. H.i For who continues in this vayne, Of setting [i.e. gambling] still,..in the ende he shall be fayne, To leaue it will or nill. 1597 T. Morley 124 The composers of that age..followed only that vaine of wresting in much matter in small boundes. 1615 G. Helwys sig. C2 I was much addicted to that idle veyne of Gaming. c1616 R. C. (1871) v. 1895 Thus he runs on his course, til 's drunken vaine Ruines his substance. a1745 J. Swift in (1762) XIII. 46 Hence it is become an impertinent vein among people of all sorts to hunt after what they call a good sermon. 1843 11 June 5/2 The regenerated people of Spain..are not in the vein of forgetting certain scenes enacted at Zaragoza and elsewhere. 1855 25 Aug. 125/3 We will not venture to say how many daguerreotypists there are in Boston, for we are not in the vein of hunting up statistics. the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > ability or talent > a talent or special ability 1568 T. Howell sig. A.iiijv If I had Tullies tongue,..If Chaucers vaine, if Homers skill..Yet tongue, nor wyt nor vaine..Can well descrie your due desarte, in praise perpetuall. 1570 T. Wilson in tr. Demosthenes Pref. sig. *.iv Demosthenes chiefe desire was, to haue Thucidides veyne and gift of writyng in all thinges. 1580 G. Harvey Three Proper Lett. in E. Spenser (1912) 628 They sauour of that singular extraordinarie veine and inuention, whiche I euer fancied moste. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny I. 72 All the fabulous veine, and learning of Greece, proceeded out of this quarter. 1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) iii. i, in I. 208 Aso. How if they would haue me to make verses?..Amo. Why, you must prooue the aptitude of your Genius; if you find none, you must harken out a veine, and buy. 1656 J. Bramhall ii. 78 I doe not take my self to have so happy a vein, that all that I utter should be a definition. 1697 J. Evelyn viii. 286 Vittoria Colonna,..whose extraordinary Vein in Poetry was equal with Petrarchs. 1729 T. Cooke 63 Indulge, my Friend, thy modest Vein;..Prospects, gay smiling, aid the Strain. 1762 Ld. Kames III. xix. 29 The fertility of Shakespear's vein betrays him frequently [etc.]. 1837 J. G. Lockhart I. iv. 122 His boyish addiction to verse, and the rebuke which his vein received from the Apothecary's..wife. 1883 G. M. Hopkins 4 Jan. (1955) 170 A pupil of mine was to write some English verses for me, to be recited: he had a real vein. 1895 10 Oct. He is a humorist with a vein for telling things so they either strike at the roots of humor or mine down into the well of tears. society > communication > information > action of informing > [noun] > source of information 1838 2 Aug. 4/2 The number for the present month..has several articles of more general concern, which point to veins of information and amusement well worth pursuing. 1887 C. A. Moloney 32 The many gentlemen who make the Science of Botany a lifelong study, and who have so many veins of information. Phrasesthe world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > specific measuring or recording > measure or record [verb (intransitive)] > feel the pulse c1330 (Auch.) (1933) l. 914 (MED) Þe ȝongeman seȝ þe childes peyne, And tasted his senewe and his veyne. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) viii. l. 1186 This noble clerk, with alle haste Began the veines forto taste. c1450 (1904) I. 74 Þis Joseph was passand connyng in grapyng of þer vaynys at war seke, and he come vnto hym & felid his vaynys. 1580 J. Lyly (new ed.) f. 32v You..haue assayed to feele the veyne. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) iv. l. 3463 (MED) Mi sorwe..secheth overal my veines. a1500 in R. H. Robbins (1952) 155 (MED) Sone god send me seche reporte þat may comfort myn hert in every vayne. 1565 T. Cooper at Reddo To vexe euery vayne in ones harte. 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande vi. f. 20/2, in R. Holinshed I Let him with all the vaynes of his hart besech God. 1589 T. Cooper 215 There were many of them that would haue bene glad with all the veines in their heartes. 1594 R. Lewes sig. C7 And withall the veines of my soule I wish, that they that seeke reformation, would [etc.]. 1611 W. Vaughan To Rdrs. sig. A3 I wish with all the veynes of my heart, that what ability of wel-saying and wel-doing is defectiue in mine owne person, the same..may be liberally supplied to all others in this present booke. 1642 D. Rogers 329 Now doth the Lord vex every veine in my heart to see what mettall I am made of. a1697 A. Horneck (1698) I. iv. 116 Such sorrow as will grieve all the Veins of his Heart. 1763 14 Feb. What heav'nly pleasures glow'd in every vein! 1775 9 The first article..warms me; I feel it in every vein of my heart. 1816 29 June 825 They hate and detest the other with every vein in their hearts. 1907 13 Mar. No sooner did Oisin set eyes on Niahm..than he loved her with every vein of his body. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer (Hunterian) (1891) l. 3459 If he were touchid on somme good veyne He shuld yit rewen on thi peyne. 1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ sig. Ciijv Vetus Comædia beganne to pricke him..in the right vaine. 1592 G. Harvey (new ed.) sig. A2 To credite any, that tickeleth the right veine, and feedeth the riotous humour of their licentious vanity. 1677 R. Gilpin i. ix. 72 Satan..makes it his next care..to strike in the right Vein; for he loves to have his work easie and feasible. 1725 T. Fuller 101 With morose Persons deal freely, openly, and familiarly... So shalt thou strike them in the right Vein, and make them more tractable. 1755 N. Hobart 3 Mankind are easily caught..when we were well acquainted with their weak Side, and knew how to prick them in the right Vein. 1841 27 Mar. Thorne has struck the right vein, and since the commencement of the present season has produced a series of dramas which have been more popular and profitable than [etc.]. 1863 M. J. Holmes xii. 131 Mentally chiding himself for his stupidity in not striking the right vein, Ben continued: ‘I wonder he hain't married afore this.’ 1952 7 Sept. 1/2 He..was a polished speaker, hitting the right vein even when he, an eastern sophisticate Princeton grad, addressed a largely rural audience. 1990 85 923 Its pages..breathe a different air of creative conviction: as of one who had finally found the right vein. 2001 (Nexis) 30 Oct. 97 These characters and their traits are so well-defined by now..that there's real gold to mine if the writers strike the right veins. the world > life > death > manner of death > die in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > die of loss of blood 1547 W. Baldwin i. xxix. sig. hviiv Seneca..supposyng that to dye in a vayne, was the easyest kynde of death, desyred to be let bloode in the vaynes of his armes. 1768 25 Oct. Arbitrary principles, which were running through the veins of every proper officer in the nation. 1802 Sept. 192 Knowing, as we do, the hereditary orthodoxy, which runs in his veins. 1863 14 Feb. 64/2 Love of all things noble, fair, and good, Ran in his veins. 1869 1 Apr. 169/1 He becomes good by reason that he has not sufficient Satanic fire in his veins to be anything else. 1910 4 Jan. 3/1 The true Hispanophil with the cult in his veins. 1912 4 Sept. 5/2 A department head or chief..with ice in his veins who will recommend the dismissal of a man of 70 who has served the government the best portion of his life. 1941 10 Aug. 16/1 He is described by his friends and associates as having ‘gasoline and motor oil in his veins’. 1999 J. Boyle 4 Muscular morons with hate in their veins who have challenged the system with such brute force. 2013 T. Scott (2015) i. 19 It was a different picture from the insensitive, uncaring man with ice in his veins that the press had presented. Compounds C1. General attributive. 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye II. To Rdr. sig. a6v The coole refreshing it hath from the lungs, or the veine-pipes proceeding from the liuer. 1847 G. E. Day tr. J. Vogel ii. 41 The blood..causes and gives origin to the formation of dropsical fluids, by permeating the attenuated vein-walls. 1871 47 350 The dark groping example of our ancestors in the matter of vein surgery. 1890 R. Le Gallienne 32 The human form disappears beneath nets of veinwork and muscle. 1918 1 478/2 The recipient's arm is prepared..and a small amount of novocain injected into the site chosen for the vein puncture. 1965 17 Sept. 1376/1 Surgical procedures..consisted of routine tracheotomy, vein cannulation, and extensive craniotomy. 1972 72 703/2 Too much suction may cause..vein collapse. 2007 July 168/3 A laser fibre is threaded into the vein using ultrasound guidance and the vein wall is heated to seal it off. b. In sense 2a. (a) 1811 J. Farey I. 123 Such vein fissures have had a very different origin from those of Faults. 1962 No. 342. 124/2 A drift from the crosscut follows the vein fissure for 140 feet to the east. 2011 P. Appleton in T. D. Ford (new ed.) xx. 238/2 Most of these [caverns] are ancient phreatic openings in or adjacent to vein fissures. 1860 O. M. Lieber IV. Index 191 Vein ‘forms’. 1883 9 Feb. 18/1 A vein-form similar to the terrestrial veins commonly known as filons en cocardes. 2004 J. Szczepańska & E. Twardowska in I. Twardowska et al. iii. vi. 333 Sulfide grains occur in pocket or vein forms and crystal aggregates. 1809 C. Anderson tr. A. G. Werner i. 5 By a vein formation [Ger. Gang-Formazion], or simply a formation, is to be understood all veins formed at the same time, and having one and the same origin. 1877 R. W. Raymond 115 The creeks and gulches..cutting channels through this vein-formation. 1994 3 Oct. 1/1 The veins contain various banded and resilicified breccia fabrics, which indicates a long history of vein formation. 1897 ‘P. Warung’ 96 The chamber..into which the vein-galleries..opened. 2003 K. Tintori (new ed.) xiii. 114 About midnight, Win Dochsteiner, whose farm sat just above a second vein gallery one quarter mile from the shaft, was awakened by such noises. 1845 38 353 This would, however, contradict the epoch series of the vein matrices of metalliferous-veins of the Erzgebirge. 1994 J. J. Degenhardt et al. in B. O. Dressler et al. 200/1 The finer portion of the vein matrix comprises equigranular quartz and feldspar in granoblastic texture indicative of recrystallization. 2010 K. R. Long et al. 32/1 Alternatively, these minerals may replace albite and quartz in the vein matrix. 1854 3 552 The vein as far as opened is two feet in width, good walls, and the vein matter well filled with stamp work of excellent quality. 1965 G. J. Williams viii. 94/1 The reefs in the slaty shales..owe their gold to downward percolation rather than to the ascension of heated water carrying vein-matter in solution. 1995 54 1 The partial redeposition of ore and vein matter in the overlying rocks as a result of the magmatic, hydrothermal, and tectonic processes. 1830 C. Fisher Let. 22 Mar. in Assay Offices N. Carolina & Georgia 13 in (21st Congr., 2nd Session: House of Representatives Rep. 82) I Cabarras county, which had hitherto only been considered as productive in its washings, was ascertained to be a vein mining district. 1874 J. H. Collins (1875) viii. 47 In vein mining trial borings are not often made. 2000 F. Cardarelli iii. 198 Gold is obtained by two principal mining methods: (i) placer and (ii) vein mining, and also (iii) as a by-product of the mining of other metals. 1839 J. Phillips II. viii. 140 To this vein system, Werner refers many deposits beyond the Saxon districts, not hesitating to include the Derbyshire mines. 1965 G. J. Williams viii. 93/2 All these processes..are going on contemporaneously in different parts of the vein-system. 2011 P. Upton in Å. Fagereng et al. 254/1 As part of this study, we examined vein systems at a range of localities through the central mountains of Taiwan. the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [adjective] > types of deposit the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > native elements and alloys > [noun] > native gold 1822 Apr. 187 We see clearly that the crystallization of the vein-granite has been influenced by the greater or less width of the fissures. 1833 14 273 In situations where no kunkur occurs, such appearances are constantly observed; the vein quartz projecting in long narrow tubular masses, to the height of several feet above the surface. 1834 Rep. Select Comm. Gold & Copper Mines (Doc. No. 8) 1 in The petitioners have, in the explorations made by them for vein gold, disbursed large sums of money. 1922 59 423 Graphitic schists have also been noted, but are rare. They are dislocated by profuse intrusion of vein granite. 1948 14 129 Brown and purple quartzite cobbles, pieces of vein quartz and of lydite. 1956 G. Taylor i. 2 The bankets of Witwatersrand, in which vein-gold and alluvial deposits are mixed. 1987 No. 1711-A. a12/2 The entire area within the boundary of the Indian Pass Wilderness Study Area is judged to have low potential..for resources of vein copper. 2006 76 146 Females of all ages are found mining alluvial and vein gold alike. C2. 1591 E. Spenser Muiopotmos in sig. V2 Veyne-healing Veruen, and hed-purging Dill. 1657 J. Thompson 116 The work of revulsion is primarily nothing else but a bloud-letting, or vein-cutting. 1862 23 Sept. 7/5 A great part of the interest of this book is the gallery of portraits it contains... The Garnetts, mother and daughter..; Towers, the vein opener; [etc.]. 1876 18 Mar. 99/1 Those who listen to the voice of this Syren, must prepare their palates for goblets of the vein-tingling nectar of the Gods and Demigods. 1958 (heading) Surgical or medical vein dilating device. 1987 19 Mar. 32/2 America's superduper-rich ice creams are a vein-clogging 18% butterfat. 2008 June 72/2 The alleged penchant of emos for superficial wrist-slashing instead of the vein-slitting that would really put their lives at risk. 1908 E. C. Booth xxxvi. 387 He was making this vein-bursting struggle to come abreast with her. 1949 29 July 8/3 The winner gets a bottle of wine, though he or she sometimes must perform an additional feat; blowing up a balloon bigger than some vein-popping runner-up can. 1980 J. R. Nash 68 The beefy Hessel responded with vein-popping incredulity, yelling back, ‘What!’. 1992 1 Apr. 21/2 A series of merciless, vein-bulging ‘bollockings’, as they are known. 2008 Feb. 16/3 A righteous wall of vein-melting improvised freakery. 1822 Aug. 140/2 How courteously she gives into thine old bony, vein-embossed hand, that comforting cup of warm, white frothing ale! 1859 June 422 Their bowels bag down in the protruded walls of the vein-covered abdomen. 1894 M. Dyan I. ix. 143 Urquhart..saw the vein-streaked hand gripping the pipe-stem tremble. 1994 J. Updike x. 81 When he closed his eyelids, the fine vein-webbed skin just below them twitched. 2015 N. Cutter 361 His eyes rolled back to their twitching, vein-threaded whites. C4. the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > characterized by part affected or appearance produced the world > plants > disease or injury > [adjective] > of or having abnormal mark or discolouration 1928 T. Cooper in I. 16 The list of virus diseases of tobacco includes..‘severe etch’ and ‘vein banding’, which may be a very mild strain of ‘etch’. 1932 7 Oct. 310/2 G. Burnett discussed the longevity of the latent and vein-banding viruses of potato in dried leaf tissue. 1979 54 23/1 Gooseberry vein banding virus..is aphid transmitted. 2006 S. T. Koike et al. 250/1 WMV [= watermelon mosaic virus] causes leaves to develop mosaics, vein banding, rings, light green patches, and other symptoms. the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > bloodletting > [noun] the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood > types of blood > [noun] > vein-blood c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1887 That neyther veyne blood, ne ventusyng Ne drynke of herbes may been his helpynge. c1450 (?c1425) St. Christina in (1885) 8 123 (MED) She lete her blode ful often of mykel veyne blode. 1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano sig. b Naturall blud is ruddye: that is to saye, veyne bludde ruddye and obscure: and arterie bludde ruddye and clere. 1694 W. Salmon tr. Y. van Diemerbroeck (new ed.) i. 322/2 That..is convey'd together with the Vein-Blood to the Heart. 1877 19 May 713/1 The irritation of a poison that is, or at all events is reasonably supposed to be, diffused throughout the vein-blood. 2010 107 20363/2 Blood glucose levels were assayed from tail vein blood. 1759 21 Apr. (advt.) Vein Marble Chimney Pieces. 1862 II. x. §2430 Its great strength, ten times that of vein marble and statuary, renders it safe from breakage. 1969 Aug. 18 The final appearance is thus a good imitation of true ‘vein’ marble. 2006 (Nexis) 11 Feb. f3 The master bathroom has statuary vein marble floors. the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > rivulet or runnel 1652 P. Heylyn i. sig. N5v Being circled almost round with severall Rivers, that is to say the Oise on the North..and a vein-Riveret of the Seine towards the South. Derivatives a1631 J. Donne (1633) 398 Unspotted Lillies white; which thou did'st set Hand in hand, with the veine-like Violet. 1789 W. Meyrick 49 Blossom: divided into five parts, which are..full of vein-like wrinkles. 1826 11 Mar. 256/3 Come to the shore where the wet-sand shines; And the red-weed floats in veinlike lines. 1876 C. V. Shepard 6 Pagodite... Found in vein-like patches..in the white limerock of Thomastown. 1933 41 94 Some biotite zones are nearly veinlike in character and have irregular limits. 1965 M. H. Wolf 86 Deep blue shadows in the vein-like pattern of birds' tracks will show where the blue jays fought over corn. 2001 J. Fredston (2002) iv. 86 Seen from a satellite photograph, it [sc. the Yukon] appears to be a main artery fed by hundreds of veinlike tributaries. 1674 (Royal Soc.) 9 125 In some few places the blood lay vein-wise. 1757 tr. J. F. Henckel 39 The pyrites lodges also in lime-stone, gypsum, alabaster, &c. Not vein-wise, but rather nest-wise, and kidney-wise. 1895 J. E. Spurr 392 A soft, white, clayey mineral..is found quite abundantly filling crevices vein-wise in certain parts of the Silver ledge. 1906 J. E. Spurr ii. 87 The second class..has found its way into or near the granite, vein-wise. 1997 1 Sept. 570/2 Vein-wise, I can boast a truly unbeatable combination of attributes: fish-white skin and fragile vessels that bruise easily. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). veinv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: vein n. Etymology: < vein n.With use in sense 1b compare earlier veined adj. 2, veining n. 1. 1. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > tailor or make clothes [verb (transitive)] > furnish with strip(s) of material 1502 in J. B. Paul (1900) II. 200 For ij elne wellus to veyne the samyn cote, iiij li. 1505 in J. B. Paul (1900) II. 332 For ane elne wellus to veyn the said cote. 1549 in (1911) IX. 351 Ane elne tannye welwote to vane the said goun. 1654 in (1881) II. 297 Ane covering of grein cloathe uained [printed named] with gallowne lace. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > pattern [verb (transitive)] > veining 1688 G. Miege ii. sig. Cccc4v/3 To vein a Mantle-piece, to paint it Marble-like with Veins. 1688 G. Parker & J. Stalker xiv. 42 If a red flower were to be Set off with Silver, then must your Red be secured with varnish: and being first supposed to drie, hatch and vein it with your Silver. 1707 J. Mortimer 336 They often vein it by art, especially for Gun-stocks and such uses, by steeping of filings of Iron in Aqua fortis. 1755 S. Johnson at To Marble To variegate, or vein like marble. 1790 E. Darwin (ed. 2) II. ii. 70 Her virgin train the tender scissars ply, Vein the green leaf, the purple petal dye. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Vein, to stripe or mottle, to marble, etc. 1895 E. Rowe 40 In veining in the marginal lines of a box or blotter, a ruler is often of great assistance. 1896 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. 1975 18 May c1/5 To vein the ‘marble’, crumple a five-inch square of plastic wrap. Blot in small amounts of gold glaze [etc.]. 2003 May 40/2 Use the same flower tool to vein each petal with one line down the center and two lines on each side. the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > temporary state of mind, mood > be or become in a specific mood [verb] the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > state of feeling or mood > be in or assume state of feeling [verb (intransitive)] 1589 W. Warner (new ed.) vi. xxxi. 137 But her, not coy, I found so chast, as saue a kisse or twaine, I nothing got: although in all I vained to her vaine. 1596 W. Warner (rev. ed.) ix. xlvi. 219 Hence Cittizens with Courtiours so doe vayne-it for the tyme, That with their paper Ladders they euen stately Castels clyme. the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (reflexive)] > injure in specific part 1614 G. Markham Pleasvres of Princes ii. 51, in If your Cocke haue in his fight veyned himselfe, eyther by narrow striking, or other crosse blow, you shall finde out the wound. 4. the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > spread [verb (reflexive)] > like a vein 1681 7 June 2/1 This is Vox Populi, this is Plato Redivivus, this is Huntscrap Mr. Petyt,..and indeed veins it self through all the late Pamphlets and Libels. 1860 Sept. 549/2 The study of nature..has already veined itself through every stratum of our literature. 1947 A. B. Guthrie v. 22 The air was heavy, the sky grey and cold... The bare branches of the trees veined themselves against it. 1990 16 117 The blacks asphalt..was heat-cracked and eroded already, and grass had veined itself into the interstices. the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [verb (transitive)] > spread over or through (something) > like veins or threads 1807 J. Barlow x. 363 Proud Mississippi..Flings forth..Ten thousand watery glades; that, round him curl'd, Vein the broad bosom of the western world. 1844 E. B. Barrett Drama of Exile 399 in I Yon spectacle of cloud Which seals the gate up to the final doom, Is God's seal manifest... The unmolten lightnings vein it motionless. 1847 Ld. Tennyson iv. 92 All the gold That veins the world. 1889 H. R. Haggard ii. x Half Hercules and half a fool, with a dash of genius veining his folly through. 1922 M. Platnauer tr. Claudian Panegyric Probinus & Olybrius in tr. Claudian I. 21 Let the watering streams that vein the fields give off the scent of balsam spice. 2001 29 14 Through the brown, brittle branches of the hedges veining the sky, dusk was falling like soot. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  n.c1300 v.1502 |
