- 2. Cover, invest, envelop.
- 3. Cover, hide, mask, conceal, disguise, screen, cloak, shroud.
Vein, n.
- 1. Blood-vessel
- 2. Rib (of a leaf), nerve.
- 3. Seam (in a mine), lode.
- 4. Stripe, streak, wave, variegation.
- 5. Current, course, thread, train.
- 6. Bent, humor, disposition, mood.
- 7. Talent, faculty, genius, quality, strain, turn of mind, peculiar temper.
Vein, v. a. Stripe, streak.
Veinous, a. Veined, veiny.
Vein-stone, n. Gangue.
Veiny, a. Striped, streaked, veined, variegated, venose.
Velis et remis. With sails and oars, under sail and steam, on eagle’s wings, with whip and spur, with all possible speed, as fast as one can.
Vellicate, v. a. Twitch, pluck, stimulate, cause to twitch.
Vellication, n.
- 1. Twitching, stimulation.
- 2. (Med.) Twitching, tic.
Velocity, n.
- 1. Swiftness, speed, celerity, fleetness, quickness, rapidity.
- 2. (Mech.) Rate of motion.