vehmic (vas f)

[Eng. vehm (e); -ic.] Of or pertaining to the Vehme or Vehmgerichte (q. v.). vêil, *vāil, *vaile, *vayle, *veile, s . [O. Fr. veile; Fr. voile , from Lat. velum a sail, a covering, from veho to carry, to bear along.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. Lit .: Something hung up or spread out to intercept the view; a covering hung or suspended in front of or over something to prevent it from being seen; a screen, a curtain; specifically, a more or le transparent piece of dre worn to conceal, shade, or protect the face. "The veil of the temple was rent in twain." Matt . xxvii. 51. 2. Fig .: Anything that prevents observation; a covering, mask, disguise, or the like. "Under the veile of darke and obscure speeches." Holinshed: Hist. Scotland (an. 1279). fate, fat, färe, amidst, what, fall, IMG:content-0426.png:[blocks in formation] to retire to a convent. "The abbe was of noble blood, But early took the veil and hood." vêil, *vāil, v. t. [VEIL, s.] Scott: Marmion, ii. 3. receive the blood from the capillaries [CAPILLARY VESSELS] throughout the body, and uniting to form larger ve els and then two large venous trunks, the superior and inferior venæ cave , finally enter the right auricle of the heart, into which the coronary veins also conduct the blood which nourishes that organ itself. These systemic veins are naturally divided into two groups, according to the channel by which they enter the heart. The veins of the head, the neck, the upper limbs, the spine, the heart, and part of the walls of the thorax and abdomen, make their entrance into the right auricle by the superior vena cava , while those of the lower part of the trunk and the abdominal viscera do so by the inferior vena cava . The veins of the portal system bring back the blood from the stomach, the intestines, the spleen, and the pancreas; then joining, they form the great portal vein which ramifies in the surface of the liver, after the manner of an artery, before finally entering the heart by the infe " Veiling his face through fear to be observ'd By the Phæacians weeping at the song." II. Figuratively . to disguise. Cowper : Homer's Ody ey, viii. 1. To keep from being seen; to hide, to conceal, "Yonder blazing cloud that veils the hill." Milton: P. L., xi. 229. 2. To invest, to enshroud, to conceal. 3. To mask, to disguise. "I have veiled my look." Shakesp.: Julius Cæsar, i. 2. vêiled, *vāiled, a. [Eng. veil ; -ed.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. Covered, hidden, or protected by a veil. *2. Having taken the veil; having become a nun. "She had surely been sainted if vailed."-Fuller: Worthies; E ex. II. Bot.: The same as VELATE (q. v.). veiled-voice, s. Music . A voice which is not clear, but sounds as ( Grove .) if it pa ed through some interposed medium. vêil-ing, s. [Eng. veil; -ing.] A veil; a thin covering. "Draped with a light veiling of white mist-like li e." -London Daily Telegraph . vêil-le , a. [Eng. veil, s.; -le .] Destitute of a veil. "He drove the dust against her veille eyes." Tennyson: Geraint and Enid. vêin, *vayne, *veine, *veyne, subst. [Fr. veine, from Lat. vena a vein, from the same root as veho to carry; Sp. & Ital. vena.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. In the same sense as II. 1. in wood, marble, and other stones; a long, irregular 2. A streak or wave of different color, appearing streak of color. 3. A cavity, fi ure, cleft, or hollow, as in the earth or other substance. "To do me busine in the veins o' the earth." Shakesp.: Tempest, i. 2. 4. Any distinctive or valuable property or characteristic considered as running through, or intermingled with others; a continued strain; a current, a stream. "He can open a vein of true and noble thinking."_ Swift . ( Todd .) 5. Manner of speech or action; particular style, character, disposition, or cast of mind. "This is Ercles' vein , a tyrant's vein ."- Shakesp .: Midsummer Night's Dream, i. 2. 6. Particular mood, disposition, temper, line of thought or humor. "To see you in this merry vein ." Shakesp.: Comedy of Errors , ii. 2. *7. Favorable moment; time when any inclination is predominant. "Artisans have not only their growths and perfections, but likewise their veins and times." - Wotton : Architect ure. II. Technically : 1. Anat . ( pl .): Thin ramifying elastic tubes arising in the extremities of the body, and proceeding by a more or le direct course to the heart, to which they carry back the blood sent forth by the arteries and transferred to them by the capillaries connecting the two kinds of ve els. They fall under three great divisions: the pulmonary, the systemic veins, and those constituting the portal system The pulmonary veins consist of four short venous trunks which carry the red blood back from the lungs to the left side of the heart, and which are found two on each side in the root of the corresponding lung. The systemic veins arise by small branches, which larger and more numerous than those of arteries. In many parts of the body there are two sets, one superior, the other more deeply seated, with frequent communications between the two. Some veins po e valves, while others are destitute of them. All the ramifications of veins are named; the most important will be found in this dictionary. The walls of the veins are thinner than those of the arteries, but the veins themselves are le elastic. The total capacity of the veins is much greater than that of the arteries; so much so that the veins alone can hold the ma of blood which in life is distributed over both arteries and veins. While there is a considerable pre ure even in the smaller and a greater one in the larger arteries, the pre ure in veins is greatest in those of smaller bore, and even in them is but slight; hence, while a pulse is present in the arteries, it is as a rule absent in the veins. The velocity of the blood in the veins is least in those of smaller diameter and greatest in the larger trunks, which is the reverse of the rule in arteries. When a vein is cut the flow from the distal end i. e., from the end nearest the capillaries-is continuous, but the blood is ejected with little force. 2. Bot . ( pl .): The ramifications of the petiole among the cellular ti ue of a leaf, of which they constitute the framework. They are of fibro-vascular ti ue, and carry sap into the parenchyma. The principal vein, that which forms the continuation of the petiole and the axis of the leaf, is called the costa or midrib, a term which Lindley proposes to extend to all main veins proceeding direct from the base to the apex of a leaf, or to the points of its lobes. The ramifications sent out by the midrib, called by some lateral ribs, he terms primary veins. They curve toward the apex, and anastomose with the back of the primary vein which lies next to them. The part of the primary vein which curves in the vicinity of this anastomosis he calls the curved vein, and those external to it the marginal veins. Veins running at right angles from the midrib and alternate with the primary veins he terms costal veins. [VEINLET, VENATION.] (1) A lead or lode of ore-bearing rock, alive or dead; that is, containing ore or not. (2) A seam of metalliferous matter filling up a former fi ure in rock. (PIPE-VEIN, RAKE-VEIN.] 5. Pathol.: The chief affections to which veins are subjected are: Inflammation, varix, hypertrophy, atrophy, degeneration, phlebolites, parasites, and now growths. In surgical operations the accidental sudden entry of air often causes death by arresting the pulmonary circulation. If slowly injected an enormous quantity may be (and has been) pumped into the vein with impunity, while a quantity sufficient to fill the auricle, entering suddenly, would certainly prove fatal. The first recorded case of spontaneous entry of air in man occurred in 1707, though experiments had been made on the lower animals in the seventeenth century.