intervein, v.
(ɪntəˈveɪn)
Also 7 -veyne.
[f. inter- 1 a + vein n. or v.]
1. trans. To intersect with or as with veins.
| 1615 Bargrave Serm. E iv, If I interveyne our Earles honours with his wives vertues. 1671 Milton P.R. iii. 257 Two rivers flow'd..and left between Fair Champain with less rivers interveind. 1810 Wordsw. Scenery of Lakes i. (1823) 29 The broom..interveins the steep copses with its golden blossoms. 1814 Cary Dante, Purg. xxix. 110 White the rest With vermeil intervein'd. 1858 De Quincey S. Parr Wks. 1862 V. 116 Richly interveined with political allusions and sarcasms. |
2. (In pass.) To place in alternate veins.
| 1811 Pinkerton Petral. II. 30 In the same interesting isle marble and steatite are reciprocally interveined. 1842 Faber Styrian Lake, etc. 307 The streaks of green turf shine with the black olive-gardens interveined. |