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veining

[ vey-ning ]

noun

  1. the act or process of forming veins or an arrangement or marking resembling veins.
  2. a vein or a pattern of veins or markings suggesting veins.


veining

/ ˈveɪnɪŋ /

noun

  1. a pattern or network of veins or streaks
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of veining1

First recorded in 1680–90; vein + -ing 1
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Example Sentences

Its shape is of a lotos bud, and the long fissures that plough a mountain side are now but delicate gold veining on a petal.

This colour on her temples was just touched with a certain blueness where the flesh was thin over the fine veining underneath.

He leaned over the side of the ship and watched the white foam veining the black water.

No. 38 shows the Venetian bar used as the veining of a leaf and worked upon Sorrento bars.

They are brownish red with white veining under an amber lead glaze.

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