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veinous - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
venous or veiny botany and zoology , veined; provided with veins or nerves.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
adjective
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Examples
True Blood is not on right now, to the disappointment, not to say withdrawal symptoms, of the millions addicted to its veinous entertainment.
Daniel Menaker: Zombies, Torture, Bloodsuckers 2008
Let run 1 quart of veinous blood from the elbow and administer 5 minims of ticture of laudanum at every high-tide until the subject quiets.
Unspeakably Ill « Whatever 2008
True Blood is not on right now, to the disappointment, not to say withdrawal symptoms, of the millions addicted to its veinous entertainment.
Daniel Menaker: Zombies, Torture, Bloodsuckers 2008
True Blood is not on right now, to the disappointment, not to say withdrawal symptoms, of the millions addicted to its veinous entertainment.
Daniel Menaker: Zombies, Torture, Bloodsuckers 2008
Stern thinks of "crimson-tipped hands pressed into the loose pale flesh of his own back," and later observes a "rosy tumescent glow and throbbing veinous parts."
Lust And The Middle-Aged Lawyer 2008
He sat down on a chair that stood before the fire, and covered his forehead with his large brown veinous hands.
Great Expectations 2007
Perhaps there is a rather increased sense of power upon him as he loosely grasps one of his veinous wrists with his other hand and holding it behind his back walks noiselessly up and down.
Bleak House 2007
Kiwi scientists warn of "eThrombosis" -- veinous thromboses brought on by sitting on your ass in front of a computer all the damned time.
Boing Boing: January 26, 2003 - February 1, 2003 Archives 2003
Now he was evidently on the downgrade; and the cause of the deterioration was advertised in his bloodshot eyeballs and veinous cheeks.
Australia Felix 2003
The traces of connective cables and tubes took on an organic appearance and Mia imagined, briefly, that they hurried down the veinous network of a living thing.
Mirage Tiedemann, Mark W. 2000
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