The Collaborative International Dictionary
Veinstone
Veinstone \Vein"stone`\, n. (Mining) 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.
Wiktionary
veinstone
n. gangue
Usage examples of "veinstone".
An inner reform is therefore imperative today, if we are to succeed in unearthing and sifting, in our perception of nature, under the veinstone of practical symbolism, the true intuitional content.