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Definition of veinstuff in English:
veinstuff
noun
Crystalline or earthy matter forming the bulk of the material in a vein and containing metallic ore.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in John Sinclair (1754–1835), agricultural improver, politician, and codifier of ‘useful knowledge’. From vein + stuff.
