Vocabulary : Vehmgericht to Vein quartz

Vehmgericht : A vehmic court.
Vehmgerichte : of Vehmgericht
Vehmic : Of, pertaining to, or designating, certain secret tribunals which flourished in Germany from the end of the 12th century to the middle of the 16th, usurping many of the functions of the government which were too weak to maintain law and order, and inspiring dread in all who came within their jurisdiction.
Veil : Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face. ;; A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense. ;; The calyptra of mosses. ;; A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum. ;; A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil. ;; Same as Velum, 3. ;; To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil. ;; Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal.
Veiled : of Veil ;; Covered by, or as by, a veil; hidden.

Veiled plate : A fogged plate.
Veiling : of Veil ;; A veil; a thin covering; also, material for making veils.
Veilless : Having no veil.
Vein : One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2. ;; One of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf. ;; One of the ribs or nervures of the wings of insects. See Venation. ;; A narrow mass of rock intersecting other rocks, and filling inclined or vertical fissures not corresponding with the stratification; a lode; a dike; -- often limited, in the language of miners, to a mineral vein or lode, that is, to a vein which contains useful minerals or ores. ;; A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance. ;; A streak or wave of different color, appearing in wood, and in marble and other stones; variegation. ;; A train of association, thoughts, emotions, or the like; a current; a course. ;; Peculiar temper or temperament; tendency or turn of mind; a particular disposition or cast of genius; humor; strain; quality; also, manner of speech or action; as, a rich vein of humor; a satirical vein. ;; To form or mark with veins; to fill or cover with veins
Vein quartz : Quartz occurring as gangue in a vein.