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• Vein — Vein, n. [OE. veine, F. veine, L. vena.] 1. (Anat.) One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See {Artery}, 2. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) One of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf. [1913 Webster] 3 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Vein graft disease — is a generic reference to the pregressive degradation and build up atheroma and clots within the ever thickening wall of veins which are used as arteries during surgical bypass operations. Often, over days to less than a decade, the sections of… …   Wikipedia

• vein — I. noun Etymology: Middle English veine, from Anglo French, from Latin vena Date: 14th century 1. a. a narrow water channel in rock or earth or in ice b. (1) lode 2 (2) a bed of useful mineral matter c. lode 3 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Fissure vein — Fissure Fis sure, n. [L. fissura, fr. findere, fissum, to cleave, split; akin to E. bite: cf. F. fissure.] A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock. [1913 Webster] {Cerebral fissures} (Anat.), the …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Aberllefenni Slate Quarry — is the collective name of three slate quarries, Foel Grochan (sometimes misspelt as Foel Crochan), Hen Chwarel and Ceunant Ddu, located in Aberllefenni, Gwynedd, north Wales. It was the longest continually operated slate mine in the world until… …   Wikipedia

• Corris Railway — Rheilffordd Corris Locale Mid Wales Terminus (Original) …   Wikipedia

• Talyllyn Railway — Heritage Railway name = Talyllyn Railway Rheilffordd Talyllyn caption = Locomotive No. 4 Edward Thomas stands at Tywyn Wharf station – April 2005 locale = flagicon|WAL Mid Wales terminus = stnlnk|Tywyn Wharf latitude = 52.583 longitude = 4.087… …   Wikipedia

• mining — /muy ning/, n. 1. the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines. 2. the laying of explosive mines. [1250 1300; ME: undermining (walls in an attack); see MINE2, ING1] * * * I Excavation of materials from the Earth s… …   Universalium

• Bryn Eglwys — was a remote slate quarry located near Abergynolwyn in Gwynedd mid Wales. History The quarry was first worked on a small scale in the early 1840s. In 1864 William McConnel leased the quarry, forming the Aberdovey Slate Company Limited. McConnel… …   Wikipedia

• Talyllyn Railway — Rheilffordd Talyllyn Streckenlänge …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Kettlesing — This curious surname, recorded in church registers of Yorkshire from the late 16th Century under the variant spellings Kettlestringe(s), Kettlesing, Kettlesting etc., is of locational origin from a place in the Yorkshire West Riding called… …   Surnames reference