Vein

van, n. (Anat.) One of the membranous canals or tubes in animal bodies, which convey toward the heart the impure blood returned from the capillaries; a blood-ve el. (Bot.) A small rib or branch of the frame-work of leaves, etc. ( Qeol. or Mining.) A seam or layer of any substance, more or les.. wide, intersecting a rock or stratum, and not corresponding with the stratification. A fi ure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance; a streak or wave of different color, appearing in wood, in marble, and other stones; a train of valuable a ociations, thoughts, etc.; a current; course; peculiar temper; tendency or turn of mind; humor; strain; quality.— v. t. To form or mark with veins; to fill or cover with veins. — Veined, vand, a. Full of veins; streaked; variegated. (Bot.) Having ve els branching over the surface, as a leaf. — Vein'y, -i, a. Full of veins; veined. — Ve'nal, a. Venous. — Ve'nous, -nus, a. Of, pert, to, or contained in, a vein or the veins,— opp. to arterial. — Ve'nesec'tion, n. Act or operation of opening a vein, to let blood; blood-letting. Veliferous. See under Veil.