I . 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.
II . v. a.
Stripe, streak.