veinstone (vanston)

1. The earthy or non metalliferous part of a lode, vein, or ore-deposit. See gangue.-2. A concretion formed within a vein; a phlebolite. Also venous calculus. vein-stuff (vān's tuf), n. Same as lode stuff. veinule (vā'nül), n. [F. veinule, Hence the veiny Marble shines; Hence Labour draws his tools, Thomson , Summer, 1. 135.