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comparative more veined, superlative most veined
(sometimes in combination) Having veins or veinlike markings. quotations examples
These blue-vein’d violets whereon we leanNever can blab, nor know not what we mean.The spelling has been modernized.
1593, 1896
A queenly creature with her quiet grace,And dazzling white hand veined cerulean:
1856, Gerald Massey, Craigcrook Castle, London: David Bogue, page 15
For a moment he silently scrutinised the attentive group out of his filmy blue eyes overhung by old veined lids […]
1920, Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence, Book I, Chapter 1
simple past and past participle of vein examples