vehmgericht 
those who refused tu appear before the triliutiat, w>>n- put 
to death. Also freiyenchte, W estphalian yerichtf, etc. 
VehmiC (lYi'mik), ". [< rrhuir + -('<.] Of or 
pertaining to the vehme or vehingeirc-.ht. Also 
felt HI i<-. 
veil (vfii).H. [Formerly alsi) '""'' ''".</''' < Ml'-- 
nilr, n 1,/t-. rui/li; J'ni/li; < OF. n-ilt; K. rnili , n 
veil, also ;i sail. = I'r. n I = Sp. II. relo = Pg. 
I'l-i, ;i veil, I'flii. a sail, = led. fit, < L. rihnii, 
a sail, cloth, eoverinj;, < rchere, carry, bear 
along: son vehicle. Hence nil. r.. reveal, f n - 
In/inn, etc.] 1. A cloth or other fabric or ma- 
terial intended lc> conceal Bomething from the 
eye; a curtain. 
The veil of the temple was rent In twain. 
Mat. xxvll. 61. 
2. A piece of stuff, usually very light and more 
or less transparent, as lawn or lace, intended 
to conceal, wholly or in part, the features from 
close observation, while not materially ob- 
structing the vision of the wearer; hence, such 
a piece of stuff forming a head-dress or part 
of a head-dress, especially for women. In the 
early middle ages the veil was commonly circular or semi* 
circular in shape, and was worn in many ways. At a later 
time it was attached to the high and heavy head-dresses, 
Veils. 
I, from statue, in the Abbey of St Denis, of Isabeau of Ba vari.i , Queen 
of France, wife of Charles VI. : the statue probably dates from 1425. 
a, as worn in France at the eml of the i ith and beginning of the I4tn 
century. (From Viollet-le-Duc's " Diet, du Mobilier francais.") 
such as the tttcnfflon and the hennin, and was a mere orna- 
mental appendage, not admitting of being drawn over the 
(ace. The veil, when small, is indistinguishable from the 
kerchief. In modern use the veil is a piece of gauze, 
grenadine, lace, crape, or similar fabric used to cover the 
face, either for concealment or as a screen against sun- 
light, dust, insects, etc. In this capacity it usually forms 
no necessary part of the head-dress, but is attached to 
the bonnet or nat. 
Wering a eayle [var. fayle] Instide of wymple. 
Jtoin. of the Itote, 1. 3864. 
Bonnet nor ivil henceforth no creature wear ! 
Nor sun nor wind will ever strive to kiss you. 
Shak., Venus and Adonis, 1. 1081. 
Your vfil, forsooth ! what, do you dread being gazed at? 
or are you afraid of your complexion ? 
Sheridan, The Duenna, i. :; 
3. Hence, anything that prevents observation ; 
a covering, mask, or disguise; also, a pretense. 
I will . . . pluck the borrowed veil of modesty from 
the so seeming Mistress Page. 
Shak., M. W. of W., ill. 2. 42. 
His most objectionable enterprises, even, were covered 
with a veil of religion. I'mcult, Ferd. and Isa,, ii. 24. 
4. A scarf tied to or hanging from a pastoral 
staff. See orarium 1 , 3, sudnrium (a), vexilluiu, 
and banderole, 1 (6). 5. In anat. and roof., a 
velum. 6. In bot. : (a) In Hymenomycetes, same 
as velum, 2 (a). (6) In Discomycetes, a mem- 
branous or fibrous coating stretching over the 
mouth of the cup. (c) In mosses, same as ca- 
lyptra, 1 (a). 7. In i>hi>nntion, an obscuration 
of the clearness of the tones, either from a 
natural conformation of the larynx or from 
some accidental condition, as fatigue or a cold. 
The natural veil in some gifted and highly trained sing- 
ers is often a beauty, while a Duskiness due to imperfect 
use or accidental interference is a decided blemish. A 
voice in which a veil Is present Is called veiled, or vote 
velata or voix lambrie. Demi-veil, a short veil worn by 
women, which superseded about 1355 the long veil pre- 
viously worn. Egyptian veil, in modern costume for 
women, a veil worn around the head and neck and tied 
under the chin. Eucharlstic veils, sacramental 
veils, the veils or cloths of linen, silk, etc., used to cover 
the eucharlstic vessels and the elements or species during 
the celebration of mass or holy communion. Those ordi- 
narily used In the Western Church are the pall, the chalice- 
veil, which covers both chalice and paten before, after, 
and during part of celebration, and, in the Anglican 
Church, the post-communion veil. To these may be added 
the corporal (partly used to cover the bread), the humeral 
veil, and formerly the offertory veil. In the Creek church 
there are separate veils for the paten and chalice, and a 
third veil, of thinner material, the air or aer, covering 
both. Humeral, Lenten, offertory veil. See the 
qualifying words. - Marginal veil, see velum, 2 (a). 
(171 1 
To take the veil, to ussuinc the veil according In the 
custom of a woman ulirn "he ln-ruincs ' nun: li'-iu <, t 
retire to a nunnery, on tirttt entering the nunnery the 
applicant takes the white veil . if after In T novitiate he 
desire* to become a nun, in certain < MMM-IIU she take* 
the black veil, when sin- pronounces the irrevocable vows. 
Veil of the palate, see palate. 
Veil (val), r. t. [Karly mod. E. also mil. mylr; 
< MIC. riilm, i-ii/ll/ a. < ( )!'. rn/i i\ i;nli i\ K. .<//// 
= Sp. Pg. velar = It. nlun, < L. nlun: cover, 
wrap, envelop, veil. < rilnin, a veil: see '<//. .] 
1. To cover with a veil, as the face, or face and 
head; cover the face of with a veil. 
Take thou no mete (be welle wcr olf Itlo 
\ nto grace be seyd, and ther-to eeytte (hi hode. 
Booke o/ Precedence (E. E. T. 8., ex(ra ser.), i. 68. 
Her face was aril a, yet to my fancied sight 
Love, sweetness, goodness, In her person shlnetl. 
Miltuii, Sonnets, ivlll. 
2. To invest; enshroud; envelop; hide. 
I ceil bright Julia underneath that name. 
/(. Joason, Poetaster, I. 1. 
No fog-cloud veiled the deep. Whittier, The Exiles. 
She bow'd as If to ceil a noble tear. 
Tennyson, Princess, 111. 
3. Figuratively, to conceal ; mask ; disguise. 
To keep your great pretences veil'd till when 
They needs must show themselves. 
Shak., Cor., I. 2. 20. 
Half to show, half ceil the deep Intent. 
/'".<". Dunclad, iv. 4. 
Veiled calamary, a cephalopod of the genus Histioteu- 
thu, with six arms webbed together, the other arms loose, 
and the coloration gorgeous. Veiled plate, in pholoy., a 
negative or other plate of which the parts that bhould be 
clear are obscured by a slight fog. Veiled voice. See 
veil, n., 1. 
veiler (va'ler), n. [Formerly also roller ; < veil 
+ -er 1 .] One who or that which veils. 
Bwell'd wlndes 
And fearef ull thunder, vailer of earth's pride. 
Tounieur, Trans. Metamorphosis, st. 3. 
veiling (va'ling), n. [Formerly also vailing; 
verbal u. of teil, .] 1. The act of concealing 
with a veil. 2. A veil; a thin covering. 3. 
Material for making veils : as, uun's-weiling ; 
silk veiling. 
veilless (var- 
ies), a. [< veil 
+ -less.] Des- 
titute of a veil. 
Tennyson, Ger- 
aint. 
veilleuse (va- 
lyez'), . [F., 
a night-light, 
a float-light, < 
vcille, watch, 
vigil: see vigil.] 
In decorative 
art, a shad- 
ed night-lamp. 
The shade or 
screen in such 
lamps was fre- 
quently the 
medium for 
richdeeoration. 
vein (van), n. 
[< ME. reive, 
veyne, vayne, < 
OF. (and F.) 
trine = 8p. It. rcna = Pg. win, < L. vena, a 
blood-vessel, vein, artery, also a watercourse, 
a vein of metal, a vein or streak of wood or 
stone, a row of trees, strength, a person's nat- 
ural bent, etc.; prob. orig. a pipe or channel 
for conveying a fluid, < rchere, carry, convey : 
see vehicle, and cf. veil, from the same source.] 
1. In mint., one of a set of blood-vessels con- 
veying blood from the periphery to the physi- 
ological center of the circulation ; one of a set 
of membranous canals or tubes distributed in 
nearly all the tissues and organs of the body, 
for the purpose of carrying blood from these 
parts to the heart. The walls of the veins are thin- 
ner, as a rule, and more flaccid, than those of the arteries ; 
they are composed of three layers or coats the outer or 
fibrous ; the middle, made up chiefly of sparse muscular 
fibers; and the inner or serous. The Inner or lining 
membrane, especially in the veins of the lower extremi- 
ties, presents numerous crescentlc folds, usually in man 
occurring in pairs, known as the valves of the veins, which 
serve to prevent a backward flow of the blood. The nu- 
trition of the walls is provided for by the vasa vasorum. 
The nerves supplying the walls of the veins are few In 
number. There are two systems of veins the systemic, 
or those carrying venous blood from the (Issues of the body 
to the right auricle of the heart ; and the pulmonary, or 
those carrying the oxygenated blood from the lungs to 
the left auricle of the heart. The portal system is a sub- 
division of the systemic, in which blood coming from the 
digestive organs is conducted to the liver by the portal 
vein, circulates throughout this organ, is again collected 
in the hepatic veins, and Is thence carried to the right 
vein 
auricle of the heart. The \ein- ..f the- | H ,ri:il ->>tcni have 
no valves. The blood in the systemic veins is dark-ceil in 
i"l"i. :iml flows iii n roMtiriui'ii* Ktrciun. The umbilical 
veins of the fetus, like the pulmonary veins, convey oxy- 
Veilleu&e of gilded bronze, i6th century. 
(From - L'Art pour Tous."> 
Veins. 
a. vein laid open. showing the vale> unu*l la pain 1 , action, 
ibowing action of the r.lvo: c, external .lew of .eln, *o.in Uw 
moniUfonn appearance caused by the valves when distended. 
genated or arterial blood. As a general rule, the corre- 
sponding veins and arteries run tide by side, and are 
called by the same names. In fishes and other low ver- 
tebrates which breathe by gills, the veins from these or- 
nans correspond In function, but not morphologically, 
with pulmonary veins. There Is a renlportal system ( 
veins In some animals, as Amphibia and reptiles, by which 
the kidneys receive blood from reins as well as by renal 
arteries. See phrases below, and vena. See also cuts un- 
der circulation, heart, liver, tuny, median*, and thorax. 
[He] hurlet thurghe the hawbergh, hurt hyni full sore ; 
The gret nayne of his gorge gird vne ysondur, 
That the frelke, with the frusshe, fell of his hone. 
IHrtruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.X I. 582*. 
2. Loosely, any blood-vessel. Many of the veins 
being superficial or subcutaneous, liable tu ordinary ob- 
servation, and when swollen or congested very conspicu- 
ous, the name Is popularized, and extended to the arte- 
ries, while artery remains chlefiy a technical term. 
Klesch and vrinri nou tleo a-twlnne. 
Wherfore I rede of routhe. 
Holy Rood (E. E. T. 8.), p. 181. 
Let me have 
A dram of poison, such soon-speeding gear 
As will disperse Itself through nil the veint. 
Shak., It. and J., v. 1. 61. 
3. In eiitotn., one of the ribs or horny tubes 
which fonn the framework of the wings of an 
insect, and between which the thin membrane 
of the wings is spread and supported; a nervure. 
Veins result from certain thickenings of the upper and un- 
der surfaces of (he sac which primarily composes the wing, 
these thickenings being exactly coapted, and often hol- 
lowed or channeled for the reception of air-tubes which 
enables the wings to subserve to some extent the functions 
of lungs. The primary veins give out velnlets or nervules. 
The venation of the wings differs much in different insects, 
but is sufficiently constant in each case to afford valuable 
classificatory characters. See cuts under Chrytopa, Cirro- 
phaniu, nervure, and venation. 
4. In hot., a fibrovascular bundle at or near 
the surface of a leaf, sepal, petal, etc. : same as 
nerve, 7. See nervation. 6. In mining, an oc- 
currence of ore. usually disseminated through 
a. gangue or veinstone, and having a more or 
less regular development in length, width, and 
depth. A fasure-vcin, or trite vein. Is a vein in which the 
ore and veinstone occupy a preexisting fissure or crack 
in the rocks, which has been formed by some deep-seated 
cause or crust-movement, and may therefore be presumed 
to extend downward Indefinitely, and for the same reason 
is likely to have considerable development In length. True 
veins usually have well-defined walls, on which there is 
more or less flucan or gouge, and which are often striated 
or polished, giving rise to what miners call tliclcrnridei. 
True veins often have the ore and veinstone arranged in 
parallel plates or layers, called combs. Experience shows 
that true veins are more to be depended on for perma- 
nence in depth than other more irregular deposits, al- 
though the latter are often highly productive for a time. 
A vein and a lode are, in common usage, essentially the 
same thing, the former being rather the scientific, the 
latter the miner's, name for It. The term depoiit, when 
used by itself, means an Irregular occurrence of ore, such 
as a fiat-mass, stock, contact deposit, carbona, and the like ; 
but when to deporita the term ore or metali\frroiu is pre- 
fixed (ore-depotUf, metalliferous deposits), the designation 
becomes the most general one possible, including every 
form of occurrence of the metalliferous ores, and hav- 
ing the same meaning as (he French oites mr tall\fires. and 
(he German Erzlayemtntten. A beu of rock forming a 
member of a stratified formation, with which it was syn- 
chronously deposited, cannot properly be called a vein or 
lode, even if it has metalliferous matter generally dis- 
seminated through It In quantity sufficient to be worth 
working, as is the case with the cupriferous slate (Kupfer- 
schie/er) of Mansfeld in Prussia, or when It is concentrated 
In pipes or pipe-like masses, occurring here and there In 
the stratum, as in the silver-lead mines of Eureka in Ne- 
vada. (See ore-deposit . ) Further (o) for forms of ore de- 
posits which are not true veins, but which are designated 
by the name erin, see gash-vein, tetfreyated vein (also fey- 
relation), pipe-vein ; (b) tor forms qualified, according to 
general usage, by the name deposit (which also see), and 
which are still further removed from the class of true veins 
than those previously noted, see contact deposit (under 
contact), blanket-deposit ; (c) tor other still more Irregular 
formsof ore-deposit, which have special names, and which, 
while not themselves properly designated as veins, are fre- 
quently more or less closely connected with true veins, 
occurring In close proximity, and forming a kind of appen- 
dage, to them, see/a/l . 10,/n/r 1 . 16, carbona, impregnation, 
4; and (d) for Herman mining terms applied to various 
irregular forms of ore-deposit, not true veins, which terms 
are often used by scientific writers in English in describing 
