Veinstone

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Mineral matter in a vein exclusive of the ore; gangue.
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  • n. gangue
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The valueless nonmetalliferous mineral or rock material which surrounds the ores in a vein, as quartz, calcite, barite, fluor spar, etc.; gangue; matrix; -- called also veinstuff.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The earthy or nonmetalliferous part of a lode, vein, or ore-deposit. See gangue.
  • n. A concretion formed within a vein; a phlebolite.
    • Word Usage
    "All the patience, all the ingenuity of the settlers was needed; but at last it succeeded, and the result was a lump of iron, reduced to a spongy state, which it was necessary to shingle and fagot, that is to say, to forge so as to expel from it the liquefied veinstone."
    Variant
    veinstuff   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    gangue    matrix   
     
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